#Anne Desmet RA

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Anne Desmet was born in Liverpool, UK in 1964. She gained a BA and MA at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Printmaking at Central School of Art and Design, London. She has taught wood engraving at the Royal Academy schools, the British Museum and Middlesex University. In 2011 Anne was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and is only the third wood engraver ever elected to the RA in its entire history.

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Scene through Wood: One Hundred Years of Wood Engraving

Our current Scene Through Wood exhibition celebrates the centenary of the Society of Wood Engravers, founded in London in March of 1920.⁠ ⁠ Wood engraving may be the only art form with English origins, beginning in the late 18th century with Thomas Bewick. Wood engraving involves incising the polished end-grain surface of a block of hard wood, using sharp steel tools, before inking and printing it. Wood engravings are notable for astonishingly fine detail and astounding tonal range.⁠ ⁠ This FREE exhibition shows the diversity of wood engraved prints in the last 100 years, with works from our collections, complimented by loans from important private collections. ⁠ ⁠ This engraving is by British artist Anne Desmet RA, who is the curator of this exhibition. Part of a series featuring Brooklyn Bridge, it is called New Day and was made in 2015. See the full work, as well as the others in this series, in our Scene Through Wood exhibition in Gallery 8.⁠ ⁠ Please note that this exhibition is FREE, but booking is essential for General Admission to the Museum due to our new safety measures.⁠

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Art on a Ukulele

Meet the artists participating in ART ON A UKULELE

Anne Desmet RA is an established artist who specializes in wood engravings, linocuts and mixed media collages. She has had three major museum retrospectives to date, received over 30 international awards, and her work is in museum collections and publications worldwide.

Her subject matter pulls in two directions: one is essentially topographical, yet subject to metamorphoses; the other is concerned with intuitive architectural fantasies, urban myths and histories of urban destruction and regeneration. She aims to suggest the sense of timelessness and solidity that buildings can convey, as well as their impermanence and vulnerability.

(Image - Babel Vesuvius, www.annedesmet.com/gallery.htm)

On May 3 we will be launching a crowdfunding page to raise £6,000 towards the costs of the project. Please join us on this journey by signing up to our mailing list via our website http://bit.ly/2nwmbxw  to receive updates about this project and to find out about our crowdfunding campaign.

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Summer Exhibition 2019 - Royal Academy of Arts

This was an incredible exhibition. With all the works that were on display there was certainly something there fore everyone to enjoy. I liked the way the different rooms were divided thematically. My favourite room was VII curated by Anne Desmet RA which focused around ‘urban focused sustainability’.

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A Craft Engrained: Wood Engravings by Gwen Raverat and Artists of Today

4 April to 25 June 2017 Watts Contemporary Gallery

A Craft Engrained showcases work by Gwen Raverat and three of the most eminent wood engravers of today: Hilary Paynter, Howard Phipps and Anne Desmet RA. 

Born into an illustrious, free-thinking family, Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) grew up in Cambridge and throughout her life was close to members of the artistic and intellectual elites of the time. She took up wood engraving in the early 20th century when it was a deeply unfashionable art form. Her works were key in reviving the craft of wood engraving and establishing it as an independent expressive art form. In 1920 Raverat was one of ten founder-members of the Society of Wood Engravers (SWE).

The three contemporary artists selected for this exhibition — Anne Desmet RA, Hilary Paynter and Howard Phipps — are outstanding exponents of the craft today. Their subject matter, ranging from landscape to architecture, whimsy to socio-political commentary, show that it is an art form very much alive and well. All artwork is for sale.

Further details and a video featuring Anne Desmet RA in her studio here.

And if you’d like to learn wood engraving, LPW has a 3-day course led by Geri Waddington coming up on 27-29th May; places are currently still available. See details and book here.

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Scene through Wood: A Century of Wood Engraving

Scene through Wood: A Century of Wood Engraving is now open!⁠ ⁠ Celebrating the art of wood engraving over the last 100 years, this exhibition curated by Anne Desmet RA, displays the most outstanding wood engravings in the Ashmolean, complemented by loans from private collections.⁠ ⁠ Marking the centenary of the Society of Wood Engravers, the exhibition charts the history and global spread of this widely loved art form. ⁠ ⁠ See this fascinating show now in Gallery 8 on our lower ground floor. Booking is essential for General Admission to the Museum.⁠ ⁠ [Detail of Waterloo by Edwina Ellis, 1996]⁠

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