Dauntsey’s School Pupils Meet Renowned Artist Anna Redwood at Chalke Valley History Festival

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Dauntsey's School Anna Redwood Artist Chalke Valley History Festival
(L-R) Victoria Rose, Head of Art, Dauntsey’s School; Dauntsey’s pupil, Natasha and Anna Redwood, artist.

Art students from Dauntsey’s School enjoyed meeting renowned artist Anna Redwood, member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, at the Chalke Valley History Festival.

Anna was holding an exhibition, “The Last of the Few”, at the Festival to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

Victoria Rose, Head of Art, Dauntsey’s School said:

“This was a wonderful opportunity to talk to one of the country’s leading artists about the inspiration behind her work.  Anna talked about how inspired she had been by meeting some of the veteran pilots who feature in these portraits, all of them are well into their 90s.

“We felt she had certainly captured the unique spirit of each character portrayed.  Anna has a strong connection with the military and recently joined The Desert Rats (7th Armoured Brigade) in Afghanistan for a month as their official war artist.”

The meeting was part of Dauntsey’s sponsorship of the Art Exhibition and several talks at the Chalke Valley History Festival which is the largest festival dedicated entirely to history in the UK.

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