Ronald Pennell
Ronald Pennell is a British artist, engraver, especially in
Early life
Pennell was born and grew up in
Gem engraving
In 1957 Pennell received a German scholarship to study
On his return to England Pennell was appointed lecturer at
Glass engraving
In 1977, Pennell began to engrave on glass, adapting gem engraving techniques to a larger scale. Initially working with commercially available glass vessels, he later transferred to working on vessel blanks, free-blown to his specification by the glass artist Carl Nordbruch.
Sculpture
Pennell also works as a sculptor, producing medals and reliefs in cast bronze,[7] examples of which are in the collections of the British Museum[8] and Goldsmiths' Hall in London. A group of larger scale animal sculptures in stained wood date mainly from the 1990s. He created a new series of figurative sculpture in cast glass following his professorship at the University of Wolverhampton.
Exhibitions and collections
Since 1974, Pennell has exhibited in Britain, Europe, the United States and Japan, including regular exhibitions this century in London and internationally with Contemporary Applied Arts.
Later life
Although leaving formal teaching in 1964, Pennell has maintained a career as an educator. He holds a Professorial Fellowship (from 1993) at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where he was also awarded the Gold Medal (1993) and the Highest Honour (1996). He was also Visiting Professor of Glass Studies at the University of Wolverhampton (1998-2001).
In 2005 Pennell was interviewed by the British Library for the National Life Stories Collection.
A bibliography relating to Ronald Pennell's career until 1999 is listed in Modern Myths: The art of Ronald Pennell in glass and bronze, Antique Collectors’ Club, 1999. In 1988, The
References
- ^ "Ronald Pennell, Made In The Middle - 30 Years 30 Makers". www.madeinthemiddle.org.
- ^ Sylva Petrova, The relationship of Ronald Pennell to the history and current state of Central European thinking and culture, in Modern Myths: The art of Ronald Pennell in glass and bronze, Antique Collectors’ Club, 1999
- ^ Gesellschaft fur Goldschmeidekunst, Hamburg, 1961
- ^ Crafts Council of Great Britain. Ronald Pennell Rock Crystal Engraving, London, Crafts Council Gallery and Touring, 1974
- ^ a b Dan Klein, The Art of Ronald Pennell, in Modern Myths: The art of Ronald Pennell in glass and bronze, Antique Collectors’ Club, 1999
- ^ "Living and Breathing Glass - Bethan Christopher". 12 July 2012.
- ^ Mark Jones, The Medallic Art of Ronald Pennell, in Modern Myths: The Art of Ronald Pennell in Glass and Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, 1999
- ^ P Attwood, 'Acquisitions of medals (1983-1987)', British Museum Occasional Paper 78, London, 1991
- ^ "Contemporary Applied Arts: Ronald Pennell". www.caa.org.uk.
- ^ Modern Myths: The art of Ronald Pennell in glass and bronze, Antique Collectors’ Club, 1999
- ^ Gardens – Myths – Magic: Betty Pennell – Ronald Pennell, Ruthin Craft Centre, The Centre for the Applied Arts, Ruthin, Denbighshire.
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