Iris Brooke

Iris Evelina Margery Brooke, later Iris Giffard, (1905 – post 1967) was a British artist, author and book illustrator.

Biography

Brooke was born at Ryde on the Isle of Wight in January 1905 and attended Bruntsfield High School on the island.[1] From 1923 to 1926 she studied at the Croydon School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art in London until 1929, where her teachers included Randolph Schwabe.[2] Throughout her subsequent career, Brooke created portraits in both oil and chalk but mainly concentrated on writing and illustrating books on historical costumes and fashion.[1][2] She also wrote articles for a number of journals and was elected a member of the Women's Press Club.[1] In 1944 Brooke married William Hugh Giffard and the couple settled near Honiton in Devon.[1][2]

Books illustrated
  • English Costume of the Nineteenth Century, 1929, by James Laver
  • English Costume of the Eighteenth Century, 1931, by James Laver
  • A Pageant of Kings and Queens, 1937, by Constance Mary Matthews & Charles Carrington
  • Arpies and Sirens, 1942, by Susan Knowles.[1]

Books written and illustrated
  • English Children's Costume Since 1775, 1930
  • English Costume of the Seventeenth Century, 1934
  • English Costume of the Late Middle Ages, 1935
  • English Costume of the Early Middle Ages, 1936
  • A history of English costume, 1937
  • Western Europe costume and its relation to the theatre, 1939
  • English Costume 1900–50, 1951
  • Four Walls Adorned, 1952
  • Medieval Theatre Costume, 1967.[3]

References
  1. Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978 1 911121 63 3.
  2. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
  3. "Brooke, Iris". OCLC WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

Further reading
  • The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators, 1994, by Alan Horne, published by Antique Collectors' Club, (ISBN 1 85149 1082).
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