| Eileen
Evans (Miss) joined the Photographic Division of the
Ministry of Information, as a filing clerk. In 1940
she was noticed by 'Gibbs-Smith who very sensibly noticed
that as an artist she was not being used to the best
advantage on that particular type of work', who put
her in touch with Embleton, Edwin. She was transferred
to the Studio, to work under Reginald Mount. In early
1943 Embleton called for her grade to be improved to
Junior Assistant Specialist (JAS), as Mount's 'experience
and flair for getting the best out of her has resulted
in her developing into a really first-rate designer,
and the value of the work she produces is miles above
the grade she is in'.
Evans worked with Mount, Reginald at the MOI, and
they continued to work together post-war. Closely
associated with the Central Office of Information
(COI, which succeeded the MOI) in the 1950s and 1960s,
the Mount/Evans Studio produced information graphics
and public service notices for a wide variety of government
agencies. Papers from c.1953 to 1981, covering joint
graphic design work with Reginald Mount, are held
at NAL.
Information collated from: PRO INF 1/86, 'Memo
from Embleton to Vaughan and Judd', 'Re-organisation
of the Ministry of Information: General Production
Division', January 25 1943; Rennies Vintage Posters,
'Rennies- Posters of Reginald Mount and Eileen Evans',
http://www.rennart.co.uk/mountevans.html,
accessed August 28 2003; National Art Library, 'AAD
Holdings', http://www.nal.vam.ac.uk/aad/aadalpha.html,
accessed August 28 2003
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