J C Armitage (Ionicus) 1913-1998
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IONICUS 1913-1998 Illustrator, painter and teacher, born and lived in Hoylake, Cheshire, real name Joshua Charles Armitage. He studied at Liverpool School of Art, 1929—36, then taught for almost 15 years apart from Royal Naval ‘service during World War II. His teachers included Will ‘Penn. For’ a time after the war he was on the staff of Wallasey School of Art. Exhibited RA, RCamA and elsewhere in the provinces: From the early 1940S Armitage contributed to; Punch magazine, also doing humorous drawings forLilliput,:Radio Times and Financial Times. Ferens Art Gallery; Hull, ‘holds his work. Illustrated a number of books, especially humorous titles such as R G G Price’s How to Become a Headmaster, 1960, Ogden Nash’s The Untold Adventures of Santa Claus, 1965, and several dozen titles by P G Wodehouse. President of Deeside Art Group
