Emmy Dinkel-Keet

Emmy Gerarda Mary Dinkel-Keet (née Keet; 5 September 1908 – 27 January 2003) was a Dutch artist, known for her drawings and watercolour paintings, who spent the majority of her career in Britain.

Emmy Dinkel-Keet
Born
Emmy Gerarda Mary Keet

5 September 1908
The Hague, Netherlands
Died27 January 2003(2003-01-27) (aged 94)
Cheltenham, England
Alma mater
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)Ernest Michael Dinkel m.1941-1983, his death

Biography

Born in The Hague in 1908, Dinkel-Keet and her family moved to England during World War I.[1] Settling in Essex, Dinkel-Keet won a scholarship to the Southend College of Art, where she studied between 1927 and 1930.[2][3] From 1930 to 1933, Dinkel-Keet was a student at the Royal College of Art in London where her tutors included both Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden.[2] After graduating from the Royal College, Dinkel-Keet spent time in Hungary studying peasant art and design, including embroidery.[3] On returning to Britain she took a series of teaching posts, initially with the London County Council, then at Sherborne School for Girls and from 1939 at the College of Art in Great Malvern.[2] After she married the artist Ernest Dinkel, the couple moved to Scotland where Dinkel-Keet took further teaching posts after raising a family.[1] Throughout her career she was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London and, later, with the Royal Scottish Academy.[3] After Ernest Dinkel retired from his post at the Edinburgh College of Art, the couple moved to Bussage near Stroud in Gloucestershire where Dinkel-Keet spent more time on her art.[1] She illustrated a number of books often creating fine illustrations using a paint brush with only a single hair.[1] In 1984 Dinkel-Keet and her husband had a joint exhibition at Stroud and in 1987 Dinkel-Keet was elected a member of the Royal West of England Academy.[2] In 1991, a volume of her paintings and drawings, Dream Children: Collected Works of Emmy Dinkel-Keet was published.[2]

References
  1. David Buckman (7 April 2003). "Obituary: Emmy Dinkel-Keet". The Independent. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
  3. Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
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