Evelyn Houghton

Evelyn Ethel Houghton, later Evelyn Jarmain, (1908–1983) was a British artist known as a painter, wood engraver and needle worker.

Evelyn Houghton
Born	1908 Sagaing, Burma
Died	1983 (aged 74–75) Kent, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Ruskin School of Drawing Royal Academy Schools
Known for	Painting, illustration
Spouse(s)	John Jarmain

Biography

Houghton was born in Sagaing in Burma, now Myanmar, where her British father was a member of the Indian Civil Service.[1] She was brought up in England, mainly at Westbury in Wiltshire and attended Hove High School.[2] Subsequently, Houghton studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford, where she was taught by Sydney Carline, and then at the Royal Academy Schools in London where Walter Thomas Monnington was among her teachers.[1] At the Royal Academy Schools, she won a silver medal in 1929.[2] Houghton went on to teach at a variety of schools, in Shrewsbury and in York while continuing to paint and also make wood engravings and needle work.[1][2] She first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1931 and her work also featured in exhibitions in Brighton and at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.[1][2] Later in her life, Houghton lived at Teynham in Kent and was an active member of the East Kent Art Society.[1]

In 1934 Houghton married the author and poet William J.F Jarmain, known as John Jarmain, and illustrated a published volume of his poetry in 1945.[2]

References

1. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Volume 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
2. 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.