Hilary Paynter

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Hilary Jasmine Erica Paynter MBE (born 1943[1]) is a British wood engraver and printmaker.[2]

She was born in

The Ashmolean (Oxford), the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge)[2] and the Central Academy of Fine Arts
(Beijing). The Victoria & Albert Museum hold over 70 of her engravings spanning over 60 years.

Paynter was instrumental in resurrecting the Society of Wood Engravers in the 1980s, organising the first exhibition in over 20 years at the now closed Garden Gallery in Kew, London. Since then, Paynter has held various positions in the Society including Chair and has continued to organise the Society's Annual Exhibition throughout. In meeting the Society's aims to promote wood engraving, Paynter books galleries from St Ives to the Shetland Islands and has even taken the show abroad to Russia and Georgia.

Paynter is an Honorary Member of the

The Arts Council
, The Baring Foundation and Devon Guild to create a body of work on the theme of ageing. Paynter's body of work, entitled The Age of Enlightenment, was notable for its positive viewpoint on ageing.

Paynter was appointed

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to the arts.[7]

References

  1. ^ Edinburgh Printmakers: Hilary Paynter. Retrieved 26 August 2015
  2. ^ a b c d "Hilary Paynter". Art Matters. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ISBN 978-0-9551397-4-1
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  4. ^ "Meet wood engraver Hilary Paynter and potter Kevin Green at White Moose gallery". North Devon Journal. 28 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Wood Engraving / 05 August — 06 August 2014". RBSA. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ISBN 978-0-9551397-4-1
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  7. ^ "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B23.

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