Diana Devora Redhouse (26 April 1923 – 19 October 2007) was a British artist, best known as the designer in 1963 of the Amnesty candle, part of Amnesty International's first ever Christmas card, a candle wrapped in barbed wire, chosen because of "its simplicity and the effectiveness of its symbolism".
[1][2] Redhouse was born in London to Jewish parents of Polish/Russian origin, and educated at a local convent school which only had two or three Jewish girls.
[1] She left school at 16, and served in the army during the war, who afterwards helped her get a place at St Martins School of Art.
[1] She founded the Hampstead branch of Amnesty International.
[3] She married the architect Alexander Redhouse, who died in 2004, and they had two daughters.