Edith Lawrence was a British painter, printmaker, and textile designer whose work played an important role in the development of British modernism during the early twentieth century. Born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, she studied at Queen’s College, London, before training at the Slade School of Art, where she won prizes for both painting and drawing. Lawrence was known for her expressive landscapes, portraits, colour linocuts, and decorative textile designs. In the 1920s she became closely associated with the pioneering printmaker Claude Flight, with whom she shared both a personal and creative partnership. Together they worked at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, producing innovative linocuts, murals, textiles, and interior designs that reflected the bold, dynamic style of the modernist movement. Throughout her career, Lawrence exhibited regularly at leading London galleries and institutions, including the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club, and the Society of Women Artists. Although she was an accomplished painter in several media, she is especially remembered for her vibrant colour linocuts and watercolours, which captured landscapes across Britain and Europe with a distinctive angular, rhythmic style. Following Flight’s death in 1955, Lawrence continued painting despite failing eyesight. A retrospective exhibition of her work was held shortly before her death in 1973, helping to renew appreciation of her contribution to British art. Today, Edith Lawrence is recognised as an important modernist artist whose paintings, prints, and designs helped shape twentieth-century British printmaking and decorative art. Lawrence’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, the record price being £16,250 for Portrait of Eileen Mayo (1926) sold at Christie's London in September 2020.