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Margaret Jones

マーガレット・ジョーンズ

Māgaretto Jōnzu

Aliases: Peggy Jones

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1918 （Bromley, Kent, England）
Died
2024 （Unknown） age 106
Nationality
British, Welsh
Languages
English
Religion
Methodism Baptized in 1920 （Baptismal Name: Margaret）
Residence History
Bromley, Kent → Southport, Lancashire → Birmingham → Selly Oak → Mizoram, India → Aberystwyth, Wales

Career

Occupations
illustrator, artist
Active Years
1979-2024
Affiliations
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Nominations
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (nominated)

Education

University of Birmingham
Classics
Degree: 古典学士
Period: 1930年代後半
Year of Graduation: 1939
Country: United Kingdom
Kingsmead College
Missionary training
Period: 1940-1941
Year of Graduation: 1941
Country: United Kingdom

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tales from the Mabinogion

1984 Children's illustrated book

An illustrated children's book retelling the stories of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, co-authored by Gwyn Thomas and Kevin Crossley-Holland.

Welsh mythologyMabinogion

Welsh Folk Tales / Chwedlau Gwerin Cymru

1989 Folk tales illustrations

Illustrations for Robin Gwyndaf's Welsh Folk Tales.

Welsh folk tales

Nat

2004 Children's book

Self-written and illustrated children's book inspired by Welsh folklore.

Welsh legends

Nat and the Box of Gifts

2006 Children's book

Sequel to Nat, self-written and illustrated.

Welsh folklore

Bibliography

  • Tales from the Mabinogion (1984, illustrator)
  • Welsh Folk Tales / Chwedlau Gwerin Cymru (1989, illustrator)
  • Tales from Celtic Countries (1999, illustrator)
  • From the Four Corners of Europe: Tales and Folk Legends (2000, illustrator)
  • Nat (2004, author & illustrator)
  • Madog (2005, illustrator)
  • Nat and the Box of Gifts (2006, author & illustrator)
  • Llywelyn ein Llyw Olaf (2009, illustrator)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed and intricate watercolour styleVisual storytelling
Recurring Motifs
Welsh folklore and legendsCeltic tales

Legacy

Recognized as one of 20th-century Wales's foremost illustrators of folk stories and legends, with a centenary retrospective in 2019.

Archives

  • National Library of Wales

Trivia

  • Drew privately since childhood but began public exhibitions in her sixties.
  • Lived as a missionary in India before settling in Wales to raise family.
  • Raised six children while pursuing art.