RA Collection: People and Organisations
Diana Bloomfield (1915-2010) was a wood engraver, best known for her bookplates and commercial work. In 1947 she attended art classes at Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute where she studied lettering with a pupil of Eric Gill and Edward Johnston. She produced wood engravings for Oxford University Press and Penguin Books and produced cover designs for OUP World Classics and Penguin Classics. She was highly regarded as an engraver of bookplates and taught at the City Literary Institute, the University of Sussex and the District Visual Arts Association.
Born: 1915 in London
Died: 2010
Gender: Female