- Susannah Fiennes
Susannah Fiennes (1961- ) is a British artist who has worked extensively with the Prince of Wales and is collected in Europe, Asia and America [Basic bio-details from official website] [ See also [http://www.artnet.com/artist/424377160/susannah-fiennes.html her entry on Artnet] ] .
Biography
Fiennes is the daughter of Lord & Lady Saye and Sele who are the owners of
Broughton Castle .* She was educated at
Downe House School andMarlborough College and then at theSlade School of Art where she graduated with First Class Honours in 1983.
* from 1985-1987 she taught Art and History of Art, atDulwich College , London
* from 1987-1993 she ran a Private art class in Westminster, London attended by many notable British people and where the life models includedAlex Kingston
* In 1994 she had a Painting class at the National Portrait Gallery, London
* In 1995 she was Tour artist with HRH thePrince of Wales inOman . She also toured with him toHong Kong in 1997 and toArgentina ,Uruguay and theFalkland Islands in 1999
* From 1999 to 2004 she had a studio and home in New York.She has studios in Wales and Ireland and teaches at The Prince's Drawing School in London [ [http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/sec/who/faculty.asp Faculty Members] ] .
She is a known commentator on art and has written a series of articles on this for Prospect [eg "The dying language of art" Prospect Jan 2000, "Misreading Chardin" (April 2000) and "Where is Kossoff?" (Aug 2000) [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/list.php?author=98 full list here] ] and the
Daily Telegraph [eg "It's the visual that is vital"Daily Telegraph 13-May-00 and "Red, yellow and blue: the primary colours of tragedy" 5-Jan 02] . She has also featured in theDaily Telegraph , theDaily Mail and theTatler [ see [http://www.susannahfiennes.com/media.htm for some of these] ]Exhibitions
olo exhibitions
* Thomas Williams Fine Art Gallery, London: Making Music 2005
* Somoza-Sims Gallery, Houston, Texas 2000
* Grosvenor Gallery, London 1999
* Raphael Valls Gallery, London 1998
* National Portrait Gallery, London: Chinese Characters 1998
* Cadogan Contemporary Gallery, London 1992 and 1994Group exhibitions
Group Exhibitions include:
* The Forbes Gallery, 5th Ave, New York City 2000
*Hampton Court Palace , London. Travels with the Prince. 1998
* National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Princes as Patrons. 1998
* Cadogan Contemporary, London 1990 and 1997
* The National Portrait Gallery, London. BP Portrait Exhibition 1989, 1991 and 1993Awards
* BP Travel Award (China) 1993
* British Institution Fund Award,Royal Academy (London) 1984
* Boise Travel Scholarship (Italy) 1983Collections
Her paintings are in several collections including:
* His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
* The House of Commons, Westminster, London
*Hambros Bank , London, New York, Hong Kong
* The National Portrait Gallery, London [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp57058&role=art NPG Catalogue Entry] ]
* Barings Bank, LondonNotes and references
* [http://www.susannahfiennes.com Artist's official website]
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