Joan Lilian Ethel Herrin (1905-1995)

Printmaker and woodblock artist born in Hackney, London. Her only known exhibit was on a single occasion in 1930 at the Redfern Gallery noted for their championing of wood engravers. In early 1936 she married John Humphreys Whitfield a Professor of Italian at amongst other places Birmingham University. She died in Edgbaston, Birmingham a few days before her husband's demise. We are grateful to artbiogs.co.uk