Edith Mary Lawrence (22 March 1890 – 2 October 1973) was a British artist known for her landscape and portrait paintings, her colour linocuts and her textile designs.
[2] At the Slade, Lawrence was a prize winning student, gaining first-class certificates for both painting and drawing.
[2] In 1922 Lawrence met the painter and linocut artist Claude Flight and the two became lifelong companions.
[3] A joint exhibition of Lawrence and Flight's work was held at the Embroiderer's Guild in 1937 and they wrote and illustrated three books for children together.
[1] In June Lawrence and Flight moved to a village in Wiltshire but retained their London studio which was subsequently destroyed in the Blitz.