Juliet Pannett trained at Brighton College of Art in the 1920s under Louis Ginnett, and received her first artistic commission at eighteen to draw local Sussex characters for the Sussex County Magazine.
12 Facts About Juliet Pannett
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Juliet Pannett maintained a studio in Hove and was elected a member of the Society of Graphic Artists in 1934.
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Juliet Pannett was a professional artist until her marriage in 1938.
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Juliet Pannett married Major Rick Juliet Pannett who had been injured in the First World War when he was shot in the mouth.
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Juliet Pannett gave up painting after the birth of her children.
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Juliet Pannett was a keen cricketer and drew such cricketers as Maurice Tate and Bob Wyatt.
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Later Prime Ministers painted by Juliet Pannett included Edward Heath, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher.
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For several years around 1960, Juliet Pannett supplied the Radio Times with drawings of musicians and other figures being broadcast on BBC radio.
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Juliet Pannett painted Queen Elizabeth II in 1989 for the Chartered Insurance Institute.
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Juliet Pannett's painting career was ended by failing eyesight; her last major portrait was of General Sir John Wilsey.
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Juliet Pannett was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1993 New Year Honours, and was a member of the Pastel Society and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers, who awarded her their gold medal in 1995.
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Juliet Pannett's husband had died in 1980, she was survived by her two children, who are both artists.