Illustrator, printmaker, painter and teacher, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire. He attended the College of Art there while still a schoolboy and had an exhibition at the Hibbert Brothers’ Gallery in 1933 which made him a local celebrity. Won a scholarship to Royal College of Art which he went to in 1934, having taught for a year in Sheffield; he also taught briefly at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts in the late-1930s. After war service, during which he was in camouflage and intelligence, Mozley became a prolific artist, a master of many techniques. He finished hundreds of book jackets; did film posters for Alexander Korda; completed Festival of Britain murals in 1951; and illustrated a number of books, including work for the Folio Society and Limited Editions Club.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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