Draft:Michael Haynes (artist)

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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]

  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".