Introduction		Born in Nottingham. Trained at Nottingham Collage of Art followed by four years at the Royal Academy Schools, London. During that time she passed National Diploma in Design, twice won the David Murray Landscape Scholarship and Bronze & Silver Medals for Life Painting and Portrait Painting. Exhibits regularly in Group Shows such as the Royal Academy Summer Show & the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Showed in the Paris Salon 1967 & 1961 where she won the Medaille D’Argent. Anne was recently made a member of Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) in 2012 and is a longstanding member of the Chelsea Art Society & the Small Paintings Group of which she is President both of which have annual Exhibitions in which she shows. She also shows with the New English Art Club & the Royal Society of British Artists. She has twice won the Agnes Reeve Memorial Award for a painting of London and in 1980 was made Straker Artist of the Year. Various murals including two large commissions painted for the Head Office of McAlpines Construction and for the General Dental Council building in London.Her work is held in several private collections in Great Britain, Europe, America, Australia and in the Candie Museum, Guernsey.
Publications		Patron, Industry Supports the Arts published by Connoisseur Ltd 1966 Painters Progress published by Allen Lane/ Penguin 1983 The Complete Painters Course Tom Robb published by J.G. Press 1996 The Art of Painting & Drawing published by Eaglemoss 1993
Galleries		She sells work directly and through the following Galleries: The Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London The Brandler Galleries, Essex The Piers Feetham Gallery, London www.commissionaportrait.com
Education		Nottingham College of Art Royal Academy Schools
Awards		Horan Prize at the NEAC 2011 Exhibition David Murray Landscape Scholarship Bronze Medal for Life Painting, Royal Academy Schools, London Silver Medal for Portrait Painting, Royal Academy Schools, London Agnes Reeve memorial Award – A painting of London Medaille d’Argent – Paris Salon Straker Artist of the Year
Selected Commissions		The Bishop of Nottingham The Bishop of Southwell Catherine Shakespeare-Lane – Photographer The Jacobsen Family Maxwell Wright – Solicitor The Beattie Sisters
Group Exhibitions		The Royal Academy, Summer Show The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Small Paintings Group Annual Exhibition The Paris Salon
Solo Exhibitions		The Pugh & Carr Gallery, London 1963 The Chappel Gallery, Newbury, Berkshire 1965 The Cranley Arms Gallery, London 1975 The Hellenic Exhibition Centre, London 1985 The Coach House Gallery, Guernsey 1986 The Coach House Gallery, Guernsey 1991 Leighton House Museum, London 1992 The Coach House Gallery, Guernsey 1997 The Bartley Dray Gallery, London 1997 The Chelsea Arts Club 2000 The Gallery, Sausmarez Manor, Guernsey 2002 The Piers Feetham Gallery, London 2003 Chez Manny, London 2003 The Chelsea Arts Club 2005 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market 2007 The Piers Feetham Gallery 2010
Artist’s Statement		“I am a figurative painter. My training has been wholly academic and I have strayed very little from that path, my heroes being Van Dyke, Rubens, Rembrandt, Gainsborough etc. Basically, I paint what I see in front of me. That composition of the sitter in his or her environment is very important and needs much thought and discussion. I aim to fulfil a portrait commission to the total satisfaction of the client and also myself.”
Sittings for Portraits		“A medium size portrait (20 x 25in) head to hands, would probably need up to eight sittings of one to one and a half hours. I am happy to go to the sitters home at their convenience. Equally I can paint the subject in my studio. I can also work very successfully from good photographs. Prior to starting I like to meet the sitter and have a full discussion as to clothes, position, props etc. I am also happy to advise and arrange framing of finished works.”

Anne Wright 020 8675 0954 .