Carol Wyatt (born 4 October 1946) is a British artist known as a painter and for her stage designs for opera productions.

Biography

Wyatt studied at the

Wimbledon School of Art Wimbledon College of Arts, formerly Wimbledon School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London specialising in theatre, screen and performance art. It is located in Wimbledon and Merton Park, South West London. ...

during 1966 and 1967 and at the

Camberwell School of Art Camberwell College of Arts is a public tertiary art school in Camberwell, in London, England. It is one of the six constituent colleges of the University of the Arts London. It offers further and higher education programmes, including postgradu ...

from 1968 to 1971. She was awarded the ''Lord Carron Prize'' by Sir Thomas Monnington, the then President of The

Royal Academy of Art The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...

. She spent a postgraduate year in

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, Italy where she had a successful Exhibition at the Arnacci Gallery of her paper cut-outs in 1972. She has taught at various art schools, particularly

and

Saint Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's became part of t ...

at graduate level and at the

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at postgraduate level. Wyatt's work is featured in numerous collections including those of the

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, The Cocoa Merchants,

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, Save and Prosper PLC,

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and various other company collections.

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Gulbenkian ''Purchase'' ''Award'',

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and important collections in

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, United States, Italy, France and Switzerland. Various mixed and one person shows soon led to Wyatt's first one-person museum tour in 1980-1981 culminating at Gainsborough's House, Sudbury. In 1988, her work was included in ''The Romantic Tradition in Contemporary British Painting'' with

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, Therese Oulton,

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and Lance Smith which toured Spanish Museums and was curated by Keith Patrick. Her work is much connected with theatre and opera, referring to

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and

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. She worked with the late

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on sets and costumes for his opera summer schools in Florence at the ''Villa Schifanoia''. She instigated the revival of

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's sets and costumes for Bellini's Puritani for the Maggio Musicale. She continues her work as a fine artist as well as respected theatrical set and costume designer.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyatt, Carol 1946 births Living people 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English women artists Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts Alumni of Wimbledon College of Arts

Biography

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