Simon Brett (2) (1943–)
Author of Wood Engraving: How to Do It
For other authors named Simon Brett, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Simon Brett is an artist, printmaker, prize winning book illustrator and a former chairman of the Society of Wood Engravers. He taught for 18 years, from 1970 to 1989, and has written widely on the history and practice of wood engraving, editing the Engravers handbooks for the Society of Wood show more Engravers and An Engraver's Globe, which showed the work of over 200 artists from 23 countries, for Primrose Hill Press. He has curated major exhibitions for the Society and for the British Council. show less
Works by Simon Brett
Thirty More Years 2 copies
Celebrating the 100th birthday of William Frank Blissett (b. 11 October 1921) (2021) — Contributor — 2 copies
Legends of The Grail 1 copy
Fifty Love Poems 1 copy
Associated Works
John Keats: The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) (1817) — Engravings, some editions — 3,661 copies, 6 reviews
Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology (1949) — Cover designer, some editions — 2,567 copies, 37 reviews
Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady (1747) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,591 copies, 29 reviews
Tom Jones / Joseph Andrews / Amelia / Jonathan Wild (1995) — Cover Designer (all); Illustrator (Amelia) — 24 copies
Image and Word: The Julian Francis Collection of Prints and Illustrated Books (2012) — Introduction — 3 copies, 1 review
Illustration Magazine, Autumn 2005 Issue 5. Ronald Searle's Imaginary Friends (2005) — Contributor — 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1943
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Ampleforth College
Saint Martin's School of Art - Occupations
- wood engraver
printmaker - Organizations
- Society of Wood Engravers (chair|1986-1992)
Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
Paulinus Press (manager) - Short biography
- [excerpt from author's website]
Simon Brett was born in Windsor in 1943.
He was brought up in London, educated in Yorkshire at Ampleforth College and learned wood engraving from Clifford Webb at Saint Martin's School of Art, London, where he studied principally as a painter (1960-64).
Still thinking of himself as a painter, he travelled to New Mexico, Denmark and Provence (1965-70). Between 1971 and 1989, while teaching at Marlborough College Art School in Wiltshire, he moved from painting to engraving. Between 1981 and 1988, he published books under his own Paulinus Press imprint, winning the Francis Williams Illustration Award (National Book League / Victoria and Albert Museum) for the first of them, The Animals of Saint Gregory, in 1981. Since 1989 he has worked as a self-employed artist. - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Windsor, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, Middlesex, England, UK
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK - Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
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Statistics
- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 16
- Members
- 106
- Popularity
- #181,886
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 1,177
- Languages
- 11
