. ▁Her ▁father , ▁the ▁man aging ▁director ▁of ▁a ▁cl othing ▁company , ▁encourag ed ▁her ▁art istic ▁tal ents , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁she ▁began ▁studying ▁art ▁at ▁the ▁Bre uer ▁School ▁of ▁Design . ▁Two ▁years ▁later ▁she ▁travel led ▁to ▁England ▁on ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁Kinder transport ▁trains ▁before ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War . ▁She ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁her ▁brother , ▁and ▁later ▁by ▁her ▁mother , ▁but ▁her ▁father ▁died ▁in ▁Th eres ien stadt ▁concentration ▁camp . ▁ ▁Living ▁with ▁family ▁friends ▁in ▁H amp st ead ▁Garden ▁Sub urb ▁in ▁London , ▁she ▁en rolled ▁at ▁the ▁Central ▁School ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁C raft s , ▁where ▁she ▁studied ▁wood ▁eng ra ving ▁under ▁Ger tr ude ▁Herm es ▁and ▁John ▁Far le igh , ▁and ▁drawing ▁and ▁illustr ation ▁under ▁Bernard ▁Men in sky , ▁William ▁Roberts ▁and ▁Maurice ▁K essel man . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁she ▁was ▁cons cript ed ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁an ▁aircraft ▁factory , ▁and ▁later ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁technical ▁dra ug ht s man ▁for ▁the ▁War ▁Office . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁war ▁she ▁found ▁work ▁as ▁an ▁illustr ator . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁she ▁was ▁commission ed ▁by ▁No el ▁Car r ington ▁to ▁illustrate ▁a ▁children ' s ▁book , ▁Mary ▁Bel inda ▁and ▁the ▁Ten ▁A un ts ▁by ▁Nor ah ▁P ull ing , ▁using ▁the ▁technique ▁of ▁aut ol