Annie Ovenden
Ann Dinah Ovenden (née Gilmore, born 1945, Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is a British fine artist and a founder member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists.[1][2] She is a figurative artist.
Ovenden was educated at the
Royal Wanstead School and from 1961, studied at High Wycombe School of Art. She worked as a graphic designer and painter in London, before moving to Cornwall with her then-husband Graham Ovenden
in 1973.
In 1975, she was a founding member of the
St Ives Society of Artists.[4]
Ovenden's paintings have a Romantic rural theme, for example painting portraits of inhabitants of a small
Hampstead Garden Opera
.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-992305-2- From Martin, Christopher The Ruralists. Art and Design (1991)
- ^ "Annie Ovenden - Artist Biography". Twenty Twenty Gallery. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Neal, Toby (1 April 2019). "Internationally-admired artist Graham Arnold dies at 86". Shropshire Star. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Annie Ovenden". St. Ives Society of Artists. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Examples of work
- Homage To Eve show at Wiltshire Heritage Museum
- Red Rag Gallery, Bath