PALMER, Garrick

Garrick Palmer  British 1933- 2023

Garrick Palmer was a painter, printmaker, illustrator and teacher. He was born in Portsmouth in 1933 and studied at Portsmouth College of Art and Design and at the Royal Academy. He was awarded art scholarships including David Murray Landscape Scholarships, the Royal Academy Gold Medal and the Edward Scott Traveling Scholarship. He began his  teaching career at the Winchester School of Art whilst he was still a student at the Royal Academy, later becoming a full time tutor in 1962. By 1966 he became the Head of the Foundation Department at Winchester. It was in 1967 that he received his first commission from the Folio Society to illustrate books. Since then he has illustrated numerous books with fine wood engravings. He retired from Winchester School of Art in 1986 and devoted himself full-time to his art. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers; the Society of Wood Engravers associate of the Royal Engravers; the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. His work is held in many private and public collections.

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