Daphne Reynolds

	Daphne Reynolds Daphne Reynolds ( Dent; 12 January 1918 – 12 December 2002) was an English printmaker in mezzotint and painter. She began painting full-time in 1950, with her earliest works produced from watercolours and later oil. One of her painting was selected by Harold Wilson, the Prime Minister, to be hung as a decoration in his study in 10 Downing Street. Reynolds became known for her studying of the arid landscapes of Arizona and New Mexico in 1968 but switched to mezzotint printmaking in middle-age. From 1964 to 1967, she was chair of the Women's International Art Club and was a fellow of the Printmakers Council. A memoir of Reynolds was written and published by her husband Graham Reynolds for close friends of the couple in 2007. Early life Reynolds was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire on 12 January 1918. She was the daughter of the portrait photographer Thomas Dent and his wife, Florence Nightingale, Haskett. Reynolds was first educated at Wentworth School, Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into the similar-sized Colne to the south of the town centre which then flows into the Calder in the north eastern outskirts of the town. The rivers around the town provided soft water required for textile treatment in large weaving sheds, this made it a prominent mill town with an economic boom in the early part of the Victorian era Industrial Revolution. The town centre has much neoclassical Victorian architecture, one example is which is a Grade I listed building – described by John Betjeman as "the most splendid station façade in England" – and won the Europa Nostra award for architecture. It hosts the University of Huddersfield and three colleges: Greenhead College, Kirklees College and Huddersfield New College. The town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The newspaper was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to the Russian oligarch and former KGB Officer Alexander Lebedev in 2010. In 2017, Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel bought a 30% stake in it. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. The website and mobile app had a combined monthly reach of 19,826,000 in 2021. History 1986 to 1990 Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330 It was produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]