Anne Desmet RA

Artist : Anne Desmet RA

Title : Angels, Eggs and Darts

Medium : Painted with casein-based paint and collaged with wood engraving prints on paper

About
Anne Desmet RA was born in Liverpool and studied at Oxford University and London’s Central School of Art. Elected Hon. Fellow of Worcester College Oxford (2018) for ‘distinction in the world of art’, she exhibits wood engravings and printed collages widely, has won over 40 awards (inc. a Rome Scholarship in Printmaking; Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award, USA; three Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Awards, Canada; and the London Original Print Fair Prize at London’s RA Summer Exhibition) and has works in international public and private collections. The Ashmolean, Whitworth, Pallant House and V&A all have substantial holdings of her work. Over 50 solo shows include museum retrospectives at Moscow’s Ex Libris Museum (1995), and the UK’s Ashmolean (1998) and Whitworth (2008); plus themed museum shows at the Holburne (2017); Gainsborough’s House (2018); Pallant House Gallery (2022-23) and London’s Guildhall Art Gallery (2024-25). Desmet has written seven books on printmaking/drawing and was editor of Printmaking Today from 1998-2013. Commissions include engravings for the British Museum; National Gallery; British Library; V&A; Sotheby’s and Royal Mint. Only the third wood engraver ever elected to membership of the Royal Academy of Arts, she lives and works in London Anne is represented by Eames Fine Art www.eamesfineart.com.

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