Jonathan Wolstenholme
Jonathan Wolstenholme (born 1950) is a British artist and illustrator.
Jonathan Wolstenholme
- Born
- 1950
- Occupation
- illustrator · painter · artist
- Education
- Croydon College
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Jonathan Wolstenholme (born 1950) is a British artist and illustrator.
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Jonathan Wolstenholme (born 1950) is an artist, illustrator and painter. The artist studied at Croydon College.
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Early life
Early life
Wolstenholme was born in 1950, and was educated at Purley Grammar School, before graduating from Croydon Art College, which he attended from 1969 to 1972.
Career
Career
Wolstenholme has been a freelance illustrator for many years, working for leading advertising agencies, publishers and a huge number of magazines. He has had several one-man shows in London, and has exhibited at the Singer and Friedlander Exhibition several times, and also at the Discerning Eye Competition at the Mall Galleries, winning the main £3,000 ING Purchase Prize in 2002. In 1997, an exhibition of Wolstenholme's work was shown in New York City at the "Works on Paper" fair. Wolstenholme is known for his amazingly detailed works deriving from a love of old books and of the paraphernalia associated with a bygone age whose hallmarks were finely skilled labour and exquisite craftsmanship in the production of all manner of objects. In 2017, his work has sold at Christie's auction house, as part of The Astor Collection from Tillypronie, Aberdeenshire, which The Daily Telegraph described as "the best collection" of sporting art "that will ever come on to the market".
Personal life
Personal life
Wolstenholme is married, with two children, and lives in London.
Illustrated works
• An Old Fashioned Christmas by Iris Grender (Hutchinson, 1979) • The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Haffmann, 2011) • Alice in Wonderland (Haffmann, 2012) • Grimms Fairy Tales
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- 1.ArtistDetail. portalpainters.co.uk.
- 2.Mora, Elsa. Illustrations by Jonathan Wolstenholme. artisaway.com. 24 October 2014.
- 3.The Discerning Eye - 2002 exhibition - prizes and sponsor. discerningeye.org.
- 4.Jonathan Wolstenholme (b. 1950), Still life with an open book on falconry and a pot of quills. www.christies.com.
- 5.Davidson, Lauren. The Astor family is auctioning off 'the best collection' of sporting art 'that will ever come on to the market'. 11 December 2017.
- 6.Jonathan Wolstenholme. www.goodreads.com.
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