Donald Blake

Frederick Donald Blake (1908 - 1997) was a Scottish artist. A graduate of the Camberwell School of Art he worked as an architectural draftsman at the age of fifteen. He was drafted in early 1940 and began working for the ministry of Information creating propaganda posters and maps. He also worked for the Daily Express three nights a week, creating war maps and impressions of battles. After the war, Blake worked as a freelance and commercial artist.