Juliet Pannett
Juliet Pannett Brighton College of Art | |
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Known for | Portrait painting |
Juliet Kathleen Pannett
Background
Born in Hove, East Sussex, Pannett started painting at three, and wanted to be a professional artist by seventeen.
Pannett married Major Rick Pannett who had been injured in the
Noted portraits
Among her subjects were
Before the televised proceedings of the
For several years around 1960, Pannett supplied the Radio Times with drawings of musicians and other figures being broadcast on BBC radio. In February 1963, she was commissioned by The Illustrated London News to do several sketches of C. S. Lewis.
She painted
Recognition
Due to her failing eyesight her last major portrait was of General Sir
At the time of her death in 2005 she was the oldest living artist to have work in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.[3] Her husband had died in 1980, she was survived by her two children, who are both artists.[5]
Her autobiography, My Colourful Life was published in 2006.
References
- ^ a b "Juliet Panett". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Juliet Pannett". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g Justin Parkinson (12 September 2005). "Obituary: Juliet Pannett". the Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Justin Parkinson (6 March 2013). "Painting the Queen (and her prime ministers)". BBC News Online. London.
- ^ a b DL Libterre (16 October 2005). "Obituary: Juliet Pannett". The Observer. London.
- ^ UK list: "No. 53153". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 1992. p. 15.