Diana Devora Redhouse (26 April 1923 – 19 October 2007) was a British artist, best known as the designer in 1963 of the

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, part of

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's first ever Christmas card, a candle wrapped in barbed wire, chosen because of "its simplicity and the effectiveness of its symbolism".

Background

Redhouse was born in London to Jewish parents of Polish/Russian origin, and educated at a local convent school which only had two or three Jewish girls. She left school at 16, and served in the army during the war, who afterwards helped her get a place at

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. She founded the Hampstead branch of

. She married the architect Alexander Redhouse, who died in 2004, and they had two daughters.

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* 1923 births 2007 deaths 20th-century English women artists Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art Artists from London Jewish women artists {{artist-stub