Dorothy Hutton

Dorothy Hutton MVO (21 November 1889 – 1984)[1] was an English painter, calligrapher and printmaker, best known for her London Transport posters.

Dorothy Hutton
Born(1889-11-21)21 November 1889
Bolton, England
Died1984 (aged 94–95)
NationalityBritish
EducationCentral School of Arts and Crafts
Known forpainting, calligraphy, printmaking

Early life and education

Hutton was born in Bolton, Lancashire, daughter of the Reverend F.R.C. Hutton.[1][2] She was educated at Queen Margaret's School, York.[3] She studied architecture,[4] and in the 1920s, she attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts, studying with F Ernest Jackson.[1][5][6]

Career

Hutton worked in several media over many years including calligraphy and printmaking. Among her works of calligraphy are the gold lettering on the war memorial tablet in the church at Great Horwood in Buckinghamshire,[2][7] the Metropolitan Police Roll of Honour, on which she collaborated with Vera Law,[5] and a map of the Cotswolds, with most of the towns indicated by churches.[8] Hutton entered the Daily Mail Exhibition of Village Signs in 1920 and won £200 as third prize, out of 617 entries, for her sign for Battle, Sussex.[9][4] Hutton opened the Three Shields Gallery in Holland Street, London, exhibiting prints, drawings and watercolours, and selling cards she designed, such as a Holly Bush series of tags for Christmas presents and place names for children's parties.[10]

Hutton exhibited widely in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Royal Academy in London for nearly fifty years, from 1923 to 1970.[11] She also exhibited with the New English Art Club and at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.[12] She was a co-founder, in 1921, of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators and was also a member of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society.[5][13]

Well known for her depiction of flowers, Hutton was commissioned by London Transport between 1922 and 1954, for a series of seasonal posters advertising flowers in bloom throughout the city. Hutton was the official artist to the Crown Office and among other works, responsible for a memorial to General Dwight Eisenhower in Bushy Park in West London.[12] From 1964 she was a member of the Art Workers' Guild.[12]

In the 1959 New Year Honours, Hutton was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order, fifth class.[14] She lived in Chelsea, London and at her memorial service, held on 20 June 1984 at the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, the chaplain to the Royal Victorian Order officiated.[4][3]

Collections

Both the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London hold examples of her prints while the London Transport Museum collection includes her 1935 poster Heather Time.[15][16][17] The Whitworth Art Gallery and the University of the Arts London also hold works by Hutton.[18][19]

References
  1. "Dorothy Hutton (Biographical details)". The British Museum. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. "Death of the Rev. F.R.C. Hutton". Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press. Buckingham, England. 10 July 1926. p. 5. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. "In Memoriam. Miss Dorothy Hutton". The Daily Telegraph (40127). London, England. 21 June 1984. p. 16.
  4. "Sussex Village Signs. Prize Designs for Mayfield and Battle". Sussex Agricultural Express. Sussex, England. 22 October 1920. p. 9. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. Lomas, Elizabeth, ed. (2019). Guide to the Archive of Art and Design: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Routledge. p. 226. ISBN 9781135970970. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  6. Delaney, J. G. Paul; Ashmolean Museum (2000). F. Ernest Jackson and His School. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum. pp. 13, 17. ISBN 9781854441348. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  7. "Great Horwood. The War Memorial Tablet". Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press. Buckingham, England. 6 September 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  8. "London Display of Art in Handwriting". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham, England. 2 October 1956. p. 30. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  9. "Village Signs. Fruit of a Royal Suggestion". The Daily Telegraph (20437). London, England. 16 October 1920. p. 15.
  10. Johanna (16 November 1922). "Gossip - Grave and Gay. For Children". Pall Mall Gazette. London, England. p. 11. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  11. Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. The Lutterworth Press. ISBN 97807 18830847.
  12. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
  13. Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society: catalogue of the thirteenth exhibition, 1926. W.H. Smith and Son, The Arden Press. pp. 9, 37, 72, 89, 117. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  14. "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood" (PDF). Supplement to the London Gazette: 5. 1 January 1959. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  15. "Collection online: Print made by: Dorothy Hutton". The British Museum. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  16. "Name: Hutton, Dorothy". V&A Collections. London, England: Victoria and Albert Museum. 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  17. "People". www.ltmuseum.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  18. Whitworth Art Gallery; Hopper, Robert (1979). British drawings since 1945 in the Whitworth Art Gallery. The Gallery. p. 51. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  19. "Dorothy Hutton". University of the Arts London. 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.