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Michael A. Haynes
Born27 April 1941
Bideford, Devon, UK
Died6 March 2023
Elsfield Manor, Elsfield, UK
OccupationVisual arts supporter of graduate artists
SpouseRuby Haynes

Michael Adrian Haynes (27 April 1941 - 6 March 2023) was an English artist and designer. Haynes also created independent studio workspaces for other artists and creators to grow their art.[1]

Haynes was display director for Jaegar between 1960 and 1969.

Haynes' 1967 'Swinging London' exhibition life sized cut-outs art included The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jean Shrimpton, PJ Proby, Mary Quant, David Hockney, Peter Blake, Gerald Scarfe, The Who, The Kinks, Twiggy, Bruce Lacey, and Paul Jones.[2]

Haynes experimented with use of 3D perspex in art[3], in interior design, in furnishings, and in architecture. Haynes’ work in perspex paintings and perspex furniture were displayed in exhibitions in the UK, France and the US

Haynes clients included:

David Bailey, Hubert Givenchy, Odile Taliani, Lord Tanlaw, Mary Quant, Christian Dior, Mecca, Lord Snowdon, Duke of Marlborough, Churchill Centenary trust, National trust, British design council, Madame Tussauds, The Sultan of Oman, Vogue magazine, Sunday Telegraph, National portrait gallery, V&A

401 1/2 studios continues to provide a creative hub for artist/crafts people as well as an independent art studio. It is now run by the Haynes family.[4]

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Haynes was born in Bideford, Devon on 27th April 1941, and was state educated.

1960s

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Haynes as display director for Jaegar from 1960 to 1969, winning many UK display awards

Displays included an installation by the cast of “An Evening of British Rubbish” featuring Bruce Lacey from the Wyndhams Theatre in London. The exhibition of “Celebrity Christmas Trees”, designed by personalities

Haynes designed window displays for Mary Quant between 1963 and 1965 at her Knightsbridge and Kings Road boutiques. Haynes’ window displays included a window flower design made by drawing around paper plates - this became the Mary Quant flower design.

Haynes' Jaegar Christmas display consisting of lines of penguins, with spring heads fitted to concentric cranks, and was bought by Paul McCartney.

Exhibitions designed by Haynes in the 1960s included:

  • Photographs by William Klein, Paris & London 1965
  • Photographs by David Bailey, London 1966
  • Sir Winston Churchill Museum, Chartwell for national trust 1966
  • Swinging London at Madam Tussaud’s, London 1967
  • Penrhyn castle museum, Wales for national trust 1967
  • Neon & Acrylic Art Showcase, London 1968

1970s

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Haynes designed the fashion section of the British Exhibition of Design at the Museum des Arts Decoratif, Paris.

In 1971 Cecil Beaton commissioned Haynes to design his exhibition “Fashion: An Anthology” at the Victoria & Albert Museum.[5] Beaton had accumulated a recognised collection of clothes designed by the most celebrated designers of the 20th Century, and worn by fashion icons such as Mrs Loel Guinness, The Duchess of Windsor, Empress Eugene, Mrs Diana Vreeland and Madame Martinez de Hoz. These included Balenciaga; Worth; Schiaparelli; Vionet; Dior; Grey; Balmain; Chanel; Hartnell; Fortuny; Callot; shoe designers, Vivier & Rayne.

Haynes was commissioned by The National Trust to design and install the Museum Rooms at Chartwell, Sir Winston’s country home. In addition in 1974 the Churchill Centenary Trust commissioned Haynes to design and install the Churchill Centenary Exhibition at Somerset House.

Exhibitions designed and built by Haynes in the 1970s include:

Open days - from 1971 Haynes ran open days at his studios at Stow-on-the-Wold and in the 401½ studios Wandsworth road London, close to Chelsea and Vauxhall bridges. 401 studios in London to this day continue this for the current resident creators and artists that use these studios.

In 1975 Haynes setup Fosseway house, a Cotswold Manor House as independent residential workshops for artists and craftspeople[10]

In 1976 Haynes was part of the consortium to repair and preserve John Buckhams former residence Elsfield Manor[11], the former home of John Buchan and Miriam Rothschild. Haynes resided at the ground floor flat, convenient for accessing the studios in London and the Cotswolds, and to house a growing collection of modern art.[12]

1980s

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The transformation of the derelict Elsfield Manor was documented featuring in the book “beautiful homes of Britain”, as well as being featured in “The charm of Elsfield Manor" in Arhitectural Digest, May 1980[13]

Haynes’ commercial work included development of various innovative advertising campaigns, including use of three dimensional perspex shopfronts, used to change the image of many betting shops. This also included Perspex designs for the Royal Ascot Box. He also continued to design perspex furniture with his writing cabinet being exhibited at Sotheby’s.

1980’s Haynes designed and built exhibitions included

  • Photographs of Sir Cecil Beaton, Sothebys collection London, 1980
  • The 20th Century room at the National Portrait Gallery 1982
  • Coco Chanel exhibition, Sotheby’s Bond Street 1984
  • Paul McCartney exhibition, National Portrait Gallery 1984
  • Exhibition of contemporary applied arts, Sotherby’s Bond Street 1989

The first combined group exhibition of the work from both Fosseway House and 401½ was held in the art gallery at the Commonwealth Institute in 1980. The catalogue (ISBN No. 0-900906-87-71) was designed by Haynes and the exhibition selection was made by Michael Rowe, Jill Crowley, Diana Harrison and Michael Haynes. The exhibition was organized by Fred Lightfoot MBE. John Houston produced most of the text. for the catalogue.

Exhibitions included:

  • Westminster gallery, Boston 1981
  • Ashgate gallery, Farnham 1984
  • Olympia Arts Fair 1988
  • Trade exhibitions in Russia, Japan, Germany, USA, Italy, Brazil and France

1990s

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In the 1990’s, Haynes designed a series of six leisure facilities in North America for Philadelphia Park Race Track; In 1994 he was commissioned to design the interiors of a block of 24 shore apartments in New Jersey 30 minutes south of New York.

Haynes' portrait was painted by Howard Morgan, who was a former member of 401 Studios.

2023

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Haynes passed away at his home in Elsfield Manor, Oxford on 6th March 2023. His ashes are buried at Elsfield village Church St Thomas of Canterbury.

References

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  1. ^ 'ref The Crafts in Britain in the Twentieth century, Pages 378-9' https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300077803/the-crafts-in-britain-in-the-twentieth-century/#:~:text=The%20book%20also%20explores%20the,recast%20them%20as%20exemplars%20of
  2. ^ https://401studios.org/wp-content/uploads/MH_60_madam_tussauds_london.jpg
  3. ^ "Michael Haynes | Sans titre (1965) | MutualArt". www.mutualart.com.
  4. ^ "Michael Haynes – 401½ studios".
  5. ^ https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2018/08/08/14/50/39/491b2b9c-5919-4ff6-98cc-067eed6838b9/fashion-an-anthology.jpg
  6. ^ "Cecil Beaton – an introduction · V&A".
  7. ^ "At Crystal Charity Ball, Even the Texans Outdid Themselves". The New York Times. 3 December 1972.
  8. ^ "Exhibition History in Focus: Mary Quant's London".
  9. ^ "ABOUT MARY｜MARY QUANT COSMETICS LTD". MARY QUANT COSMETICS LTD.
  10. ^ "Ceramic Review - Nov - Dec 1980".
  11. ^ "The Sale of the Manor in 1976".
  12. ^ "Search | RIBA pix".
  13. ^ "The Charm of Elsfield Manor | Architectural Digest | MAY 1980".
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