Paul Hogarth

Paul Hogarth, OBE, RA (born Arthur Hoggarth)[1] (4 October 1917 – 27 December 2001) was an English artist and illustrator.

Paul Hogarth was born at 28 Caroline Street in Kendal, Westmorland,[2] and aged 6 moved in 1923 with his family to Manchester.

He attended the Manchester School of Art from 1934 to 1936, where he became involved in the Artists' International Association and the Communist Party of Great Britain.

After 1936 he attended Saint Martin's School of Art in London, and drove lorries in the Spanish Civil War for the International Brigade.

As an illustrator he studied under James Boswell, and worked with a number of eminent authors, including Robert Graves, Graham Greene, Brendan Behan, Lawrence Durrell, and William Golding.