Jonathan Wolstenholme
Jonathan Wolstenholme (born 1950) is a British artist and illustrator.
Early life[edit]
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.[1]
Career[edit]
Wolstenholme has been a freelance illustrator for many years, working for leading advertising agencies, publishers and a huge number of magazines.[1][2]
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.[3] In 1997, an exhibition of Wolstenholme's work was shown in New York City at the "Works on Paper" fair.[1]
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.[1]
In 2017, his work has sold at Christie's auction house, as part of The Astor Collection from Tillypronie, Aberdeenshire,[4] which The Daily Telegraph described as "the best collection" of sporting art "that will ever come on to the market".[5]
Illustrated works[edit]
- An Old Fashioned Christmas by Iris Grender (Hutchinson, 1979) ISBN 978-0091360405[6]
- The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Haffmann, 2011)[1]
- Alice in Wonderland (Haffmann, 2012)[1]
- Grimms Fairy Tales[1]
Personal life[edit]
Wolstenholme is married, with two children, and lives in London.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h "ArtistDetail". portalpainters.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Mora, Elsa (24 October 2014). "Illustrations by Jonathan Wolstenholme". artisaway.com. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "The Discerning Eye - 2002 exhibition - prizes and sponsor". discerningeye.org. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Jonathan Wolstenholme (b. 1950), Still life with an open book on falconry and a pot of quills". www.christies.com. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Davidson, Lauren (11 December 2017). "The Astor family is auctioning off 'the best collection' of sporting art 'that will ever come on to the market'". Retrieved 23 December 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Jonathan Wolstenholme". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
