Enid Crystal Dorothy Marx FRSA was an English painter

Painting

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 and designer

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. She was born in London

London

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, England

England

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, on 20 October 1902 and died in London on 18 May 1998. She was a distant cousin of the political philosopher, Karl Marx

Karl Marx

Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...

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She was educated at Roedean School

Roedean School

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, the Central School of Arts and Crafts

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

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 and the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

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, graduating in 1925.

She was especially known for her work upon the moquette

Moquette

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 upholstery fabric for London Transport

London Passenger Transport Board

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, such as the seating on Underground

London Underground

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 trains. During the Second World War

World War II

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, she worked upon designs for utility furniture

Utility furniture

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 and, after the war, was especially associated with the publisher Penguin

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.During the late 1950s and 1960s, Marx lived with her partner Margaret Lambert in St Andrews

St Andrews

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, Scotland. At this time, she also designed the frame around the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the British low value Wilding series

Wilding series

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 definitive stamps and the 1976 Christmas stamp

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 issue featuring medieval embroidery

Embroidery

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