Diana Armfield RA
Born: 11 June 1920, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK
Elected ARA: 1 June 1989
Elected RA: 26 June 1991
Category of Membership: Painter
I work from observation and experience; draw and paint what I can admire, enjoy or love; to share with others what I discover and reflect on. I hope to reveal and confirm that the things and experiences I paint are of lasting importance and enormously worth cherishing. To translate into paint is always a challenge and something of a mystery.
Diana Armfield RA
Diana Armfield RA, Dawn Flush on the Snow, Llwynhir
Diana Armfield studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and Central School of Arts and Crafts. In 1959 she began teaching at Byam Shaw School of Art. She was Artist in Residence in Perth, Australia in 1985, and in Jackson, Wyoming, USA in 1989.
Armfield was elected a full Member of the Royal Academy in 1991. She is also a Member of the Royal Watercolour Society, the New English Art Club, the Royal West of England Academy, the Royal Cambrian Society (Hon Retired) and an Honorary Member of the Pastel Society. She lives in London and Wales where she has exhibited extensively, predominantly with Browse & Darby.
Recent solo exhibitions
2006 Albany Gallery, Cardiff
Browse & Darby, London
2005 New Academy Gallery, London
2004 Sheen Gallery, London
2001 Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2000 Browse & Darby, London
1999 Bedales Centenary Exhibition, London
1998 Princes as Patrons, Museum Cardiff
Gallery Gerard, Wassenaar, Holland
1996 Browse & Darby, London
Canalfan y Plase, Bala
1995 Royal Academy of Arts (Friends’ Room)
Albany Gallery, Cardiff
Glyn-y-Weddw, North Wales
1993 Browse & Darby, London
1990 Browse & Darby, London
Public collections
Victoria & Albert Museum, London (Textiles)
Government Art Collection
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Yale Centre for British Art
Contemporary Art Society for Wales
British Museum (RWS permanent collection)
Lancaster City Art Gallery
Faringdon Collection
Commissions
Reuters
National Trust
HRH Prince of Wales
Publications
The Art of Diana Armfield, Julian Halsby, David & Charles, 1995
Contact details for further information
Email membershipoffice@royalacademy.org.uk
