Enid marx biography of michaels

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Enid Crystal Dorothy Marx, RDI (20 October 1902 – 18 May 1998), was an English painter and designer, best known for her industrial textile designs for the London Transport Board and the Utility furniture Scheme.[1] Marx was the first female engraver to be designated as a Royal Designer for Industry.[2]

Born in London to Robert Joseph Marx and Annie Marie Neuberger, Enid Marx was the youngest of three children.[3][4] She was known familiarly throughout her life as "Marco",[5] and was also a distant cousin of Karl Marx.[6][7] Her father was a paper-making engineer, and Marx would later describe his work as a major influence on her interest in mass-produced design and popular art.[8] Her artistic inclinations were fostered from an early age, especially by her older sister Mar