Peter Matthews (printmaker)

Peter Matthews
Born (1942-07-29) 29 July 1942 (age 82)
NationalityBritish
Alma materEaling School of Art

Peter Jeffrey Matthews (born 29 July 1942) is a British printmaker, former teacher at Royal College of Art (RCA) and senior lecturer at Wimbledon School of Art. Educated at Ealing School of Art, Matthews went on to assist at Editions Alecto and editioned most of David Hockney's early etchings.[1] Matthews has also exhibited his own work extensively including at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA), Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) Gallery, and with the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, being elected a Fellow and later Council Member 1984–98. His work is held in a number of public collections in the UK and overseas, including the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A);[2] British Council;[3]the Ashmolean Museum;[4] Albertina Museum, Vienna; Royal Library of Belgium and the Free Library, Philadelphia.

  1. ^ "David Hockney, The Complete Early Etchings 1961–1964, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert 2017 p.11" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Peter Matthews - V&A Museum Collection".
  3. ^ "Peter Matthews - British Council Art Collection".
  4. ^ "'Northern Stack', 1982" (PDF). p.83 Ashmolean Museum, Western Art Print Room Atlas 2. UWE.