Annie Ovenden

Ann Dinah Ovenden (née Gilmore, born 1945, Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is a British fine artist and a founder member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists.[1][2] She is a figurative artist.

Ovenden was educated at the Royal Wanstead School and from 1961, studied at High Wycombe School of Art. She worked as a graphic designer and painter in London, before moving to Cornwall with her then-husband Graham Ovenden in 1973.

In 1975, she was a founding member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists with Graham Ovenden, Peter Blake, David Inshaw, Ann Arnold and her husband Graham Arnold, and Jann Haworth.[3] She has been elected to the St Ives Society of Artists.[4]

Ovenden's paintings have a Romantic rural theme, for example painting portraits of inhabitants of a small Cornwall village. She has had solo exhibitions in Ludlow (1990) and Liskeard (2001).[1] She has designed theatre sets and props, including for London's Hampstead Garden Opera.

  1. ^ a b Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators, Volume 1, Oxford University Press, 2012, p. 178, ISBN 978-0-19-992305-2 - From Martin, Christopher The Ruralists. Art and Design (1991)
  2. ^ "Annie Ovenden - Artist Biography". Twenty Twenty Gallery. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. ^ Neal, Toby (1 April 2019). "Internationally-admired artist Graham Arnold dies at 86". Shropshire Star. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Annie Ovenden". St. Ives Society of Artists. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.