Norman C. Jaques (1926-1996)

Lived and worked in Manchester where he was born, and where he studied and taught. He attended the College of Art and Technology from 1937-42, and was Senior Lecturer in Printmaking at Manchester Polytechnic from 1950-82. He won the Proctor Award and Giles Bequest Award for block printing in 1954 from the V&A. He was an illustrator and book designer and utilised woodcut, lithography, etching and linocut  mediums in his expressive printmaking.