After imprisonment, he became an art-teacher in schools, returning to freelance work after the war. His personal style became more airy and more fantastical, and sometimes surreal. From 1953 until his death he produced illustrations for record covers for the Argo record company. As yet there is no catalogue of his work but there is a book about the artist: Arthur Wragg: Twentieth-century Prophet and Jester (Sansom 2001) by the late Judith Brook, who had been taught art by him at school. Early in his career he featured as the 'Artist of Note' in the long-running magazine The Artist (Vol XI No 5, July 1936). Some books illustrated by Arthur Wragg The Psalms for Modern Life (Selwyn & Blount 1933) Jesus Wept (Selwyn & Blount 1935) Holt - When I was a Prisoner (Miles 1935) Darling, William - Down But Not Out (George Allen & Unwin 1935) Szekely - Cosmos, Man and Society (Daniel 1936) Walter Greenwood - The Cleft Stick (Selwyn & Blount 1937) Thy Kingdom Come (Selwyn & Blount 1939) Seven Words (Heinemann 1939) Alice through the paper-mill: In Respectful Criticism of the Paper Control and Kindred Matters relating to the Present State of the Trade. A Plea for an Equitable System of Planning whereby to ensure a Measure of Efficiency and a Degree of Order for All Concerned. The Lord's Prayer in Black and White (Cape 1946) Wilde - The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Castle Press 1948) Purcell - These thy Gods (Longman 1949) The Song of Songs (Selwyn & Blount 1952) Flaubert, G. "Bibliomania" (Rodale, 1954) Willis - Whatever Happened to Tom Mix (Cassell 1970) Obituary The Times, 25 August 1976, JMH [John M Hobbs] External links References 1903 births 1976 deaths British conscientious objectors British illustrators British socialists People from Eccles, Greater Manchester People from Harrogate