Violet Sanders

Violet E. C. Sanders, later Violet Sanders Mallet, (13 March 1904 – 1983) was a British artist who painted in both oil and watercolours and was a wood engraver and clay modeller.

[2] Sanders was born in Mexico City, where her British father worked for the Shell oil company, and was educated in Britain.

[2] She attended the Blackheath School of Art during 1922 and 1923 then spent two years at Harrow Technical School before studying at Willesden Polytechnic from 1925 to 1928.

[1][2] During World War II Sanders worked as a map maker for both the British Cabinet Office and the War Office and helped prepare the maps used for the D-Day landings.

[1] For many years Sanders lived at Perranporth in Cornwall.