Diana Armfield is known for landscapes, and has painted portraits, literary subjects and still lifes.
14 Facts About Diana Armfield
1.
2.
Diana Armfield has a particular interest in flower paintings, and is considered to owe much to the Sickert tradition.
3.
Diana Armfield studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts.
4.
Diana Armfield's uncle, Maxwell Armfield, was an English artist, illustrator and writer.
5.
Diana Armfield met her future husband Bernard Dunstan while she was at the Slade School of Fine Art.
6.
Diana Armfield started her career running the Armfield-Passano Partnership with Roy Passano.
7.
Diana Armfield worked as a fabric and wallpaper designer until 1965.
8.
Diana Armfield was elected as Associate Member of the Royal Academy in 1989 and in 1991 became a full member.
9.
Diana Armfield had a solo show at the Tegfryn Art Gallery, Anglesey in 1975 and 1978.
10.
Diana Armfield's work includes commissions from The National Trust in 1988 and from The Prince of Wales in 1989.
11.
Diana Armfield's work is held by The British Museum, the Contemporary Art Society for Wales and the Government Art Collection.
12.
Diana Armfield is a member of the New English Art Club, the Royal West of England Academy, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art.
13.
Diana Armfield is an editorial consultant for Leisure Painter magazine.
14.
Diana Armfield has appeared in and has consulted on many publications:.