Annabel Gault (born 1952) is a British artist. Born in Midhurst, she studied at West Surrey College of Art and Royal Academy Schools. She works in a variety of mediums, often painting landscapes. Some of her artwork has been purchased by Hampshire County Council for display in their buildings.
Annabel Gault | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
| Nationality | British |
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Biography
editGault was born in Midhurst, West Sussex in 1952. Her father David Hamilton Gault and her mother Felicity Jane Gribble had five children, of whom Gault is the eldest.[1] She studied at the West Surrey College of Art between 1973 and 1977 before training at the Royal Academy Schools until 1980.[2][3]
In 1982, Gault married Johnathan Michael Franklin in London, but kept her maiden name for her work.[1]
Artwork and exhibitions
editHer first group exhibition was in 1979 and her first solo exhibition was in 1981 at the Oxford Gallery.[2] Other group shows that Gault took part in included at the Thackeray Gallery in 1989 and at Pallant House in 1993 and, in 1994, at both the City Gallery in Leicester and the Redpath Gallery in Vancouver.[3]
Gault's work is included in the UK Government Art Collection and in Hampshire County Council Contemporary Art Collection, including 10 landscape paintings of the area round Butser Hill, to be displayed in their offices.[4][5][6] Gault has been called "a powerfully expressive landscape painter".[7]
In 2012, she worked on large scale black and white drawings at the Tresco Botanical Gardens, Scilly Isles. Gault worked on these pieces in a variety of mediums, including charcoal, gouache, ink and wax resist.[7]
Bibliography
edit- Annabel Gault: Recent Paintings (2010), introduction by Andrew Lambirth
References
edit- ^ a b "GAULT, Annabel". Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ a b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
- ^ a b David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
- ^ "Towards Small Down from Butser Hill, Morning II". The Visual Arts Data Service. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Contemporary art". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Masker, Rachel (19 February 2010). "Hampshire County Council under fire for hoarding 353 paintings". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ a b Lambirth, Andrew (8 December 2012). "Heavenly hands". The Spectator. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
External links
edit- 7 artworks by or after Annabel Gault at the Art UK site
- Interview with Gault in Artists & Illustrators, April 2019