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词条 Oliver Preston
释义

  1. Career

  2. Personal life

  3. The Cartoon Museum

  4. Bibliography

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Use British English|date=March 2019}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}{{Infobox person
| name = Oliver Preston
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|12|21}}
| birth_place = London, UK
| nationality = British
| occupation = Cartoonist, publisher
Chairman and Co-founder of The Cartoon Museum
| known_for = Beverston Press
The Cartoon Museum
| alma_mater = Eton College
| website = {{url|www.oliverpreston.com}}
}}Oliver Preston (born 21 December 1962) is a British cartoonist, publisher, and chairman and co-founder of The Cartoon Museum in London.[1][2]

Career

Preston worked in the City of London (1984-1995), latterly as a bond salesman at Lehman Brothers, which he left to become a full-time cartoonist.[3][4] He has had cartoons published in The Spectator, Punch Magazine and The Times and he developed and drew the comic strip, "Marvin Marmite" an advertorial for The Beano and The Dandy.[5] He drew regularly for The Guardian Education supplement, The Polo Magazine and Cotswold Life. He has been the regular cartoonist for The Field Magazine since 1996.[6] His cartoons are in club collections including Annabel's, Boodles and George and are included in The Cartoon Museum collection.[7] He held his first one-man show of his cartoons at The Addison Ross Gallery, SW1 in 1990, and has held exhibitions at The Fine Art Society, Bond Street, London in 1999 and The Mall Galleries, London SW1 in 2014 and 2016.[8] From 2007 to present he has exhibited his skiing cartoons at the Gstaad Palace Hotel in Switzerland.[9][10]

In 2005 Preston established Beverston Press to publish and distribute his greeting cards, books and limited edition prints.[11][12] Beverston Press has published 6 books of collected cartoons by Oliver Preston, and he has illustrated a further 10 books with other authors.[13]

Personal life

Preston was born in London and brought up near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Wellesley House and Eton College. He read Geography at Exeter University.[14] Preston lives with his wife and two children near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England, where they also run a working arable farm.[15]

The Cartoon Museum

{{main|The Cartoon Museum}}

Preston was appointed to the appeal committee of The Cartoon Art Trust in 1990 and became a trustee in 1992.[16] He was appointed chairman of the board of trustees in 2001.[17] In 1995 he set up The Cartoon Art Trust Awards, held annually, recognising British Cartoonists in the categories of Strip, Joke, Caricature, Political, and Pocket Cartooning, drawing the British character (Pont Award) and the "CAT Lifetime Achievement Award".[18] Since 2003 he has hosted the awards at The Mall Galleries.[19][20] Since 2003 he has been one of the judges of the British Cartoonists' Association Young Cartoonist of the Year Competition, presented at The Cartoon Art Trust Awards in the categories of U18 and U30.[21]

In 2005 Preston worked with trustees and vice chair, Lord Baker of Dorking, to raise the funds to open a new London Cartoon Museum.[22] He welcomed HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Patron of The Cartoon Art Trust who officially opened the new Cartoon Museum at 35 Little Russell Street, in Bloomsbury, London on 23 February 2006.[23] In 2014 the museum received 31,000 visitors annually and educated 1,700 children and adults through its Learning Programmes.[24]

Bibliography

  • Harpers and Queen Party Handbook (2000) (written by Camilla Cecil)
  • Liquid Limericks (2001) (written by Alastair Sampson)
  • Larder Limericks (2004) (written by Alastair Sampson)
  • Shall we Join the Men ? (2005)
  • Modern Cautionary Verses (2006) (written by Charlie Ottley)
  • Hitting the Slopes (2008)
  • How to be Asked Again (2009) (written by Rosie Nickerson)
  • Out of Town (2010)
  • Out for a Duck (2010) (written by Ian Valentine)
  • Fondue and Furs (2011)
  • Another Log on the Fire (2011)
  • Real Men Drink Port (2011) (written by Ben Howkins)
  • Rich Pickings (2013)
  • The Imperfect Shot (2015) (written by Jeremy Hobson)
  • "Lively Limericks" (2015) (Collected by Patrick Holden)
  • "Raise Your Game" (2016) (written by Ian Valentine)
Source: [25]

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=New cartoon museum in the picture|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4736558.stm|accessdate=25 April 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=22 February 2006}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Oliver Preston|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/oliver-preston/past-auction-results|publisher=Artnet News|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Feature Guest - Oliver Preston|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2563987/feature-guest-oliver-preston|publisher=Radio New Zealand|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Oliver Preston|url=http://www.sothebys.com/fr/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/mark-birley-collection/lot.455.pricehl.html|publisher=Sotheby's|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=What is The Today Programme?|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/competition/competition_cartoon_celeb.shtml|publisher=BBC News Online|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Drawn to success, the cartoonist of 16: Jack's Richard III inspired drawing helps him win Young Cartoonist of the Year title|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2864859/Drawn-success-cartoonist-16-Jack-s-Richard-III-inspired-drawing-helps-win-Young-Cartoonist-Year-title.html|accessdate=25 April 2015|publisher=Daily Mail|date=8 December 2014}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Oliver Preston Cartoons|url=http://www.maryhowardsales.co.uk/exhibitors/tabid/91/artmid/476/articleid/48/oliver-preston-cartoons.aspx|publisher=www.maryhowardsales.co.uk|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
8. ^{{cite news|title=Oliver Preston|url=http://wsimag.com/art/9489-oliver-preston|accessdate=25 April 2015|publisher=Wall Street International|date=9 Jun 2014}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=The Round-up|url=http://procartoonists.org/tag/oliver-preston/|publisher=Procartoonists|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
10. ^{{cite web|title='The Regular' by Oliver Preston|url=http://www.gstaadlife.com/2008/02/the-regular-by.html|publisher=GstaadLife magazine|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Beverston Press/Oliver Preston|url=http://www.greetingcardassociation.org.uk/members-directory/detail/498|publisher=The Greeting Card Association|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
12. ^{{cite news|last1=Sieghart|first1=Mary Ann|title=What happens when high-flyers in the finance sector fall to earth|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/article3692185.ece|accessdate=25 April 2015|publisher=The Times|date=18 February 2013}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=Oliver Preston From Nine To Noon|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/galleries/oliver-preston|publisher=Radio New Zealand|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=Oliver Preston Cartoonist|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pub/oliver-preston/40/15b/784?_mSplash=1|publisher=LinkedIn|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
15. ^{{cite web|title=Liquid Limericks launch|url=http://www.tatler.com/bystander/events/2002/january/liquid-limericks-launch#!/10114/image/6|publisher=Tatler.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
16. ^{{cite news|title=Laid out with 'terrible gout', cartoonist Ralph Steadman misses own party|url=http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2013/may/laid-out-terrible-gout-cartoonist-ralph-steadman-misses-own-party|accessdate=25 April 2015|publisher=Camden New Journal}}
17. ^{{cite news|last1=Malvern|first1=Jack|title=Times cartoonist’s award|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article1903066.ece|accessdate=25 April 2015|publisher=The Times|date=4 December 2003}}
18. ^{{cite news|title=Bell's back with another award|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/11/pressandpublishing.uknews|accessdate=25 April 2015|publisher=The Guardian}}
19. ^{{cite web|title=Young Cartoonist Competition|url=http://www.cartoonmuseum.org/get-involved/young-cartoonist-competition|publisher=The Cartoon Museum|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
20. ^{{cite web|title=Oliver Preston at Mall Galleries|url=http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/event/37386696-oliver-preston-at-mall-galleries|publisher=London TV|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
21. ^{{cite web|title=Cartoon Art Trust awards for Daily Mail|url=http://www.mailadvertising.co.uk/stats/news?item=4221|publisher=Daily Mail|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
22. ^{{cite news|title=Laugh your head off, or have it lopped off|url=http://www.thecnj.com/review/030206/feature030206_01.html|accessdate=25 April 2015|publisher=Camden New Journal}}
23. ^{{cite book|title=British Journalism Review, Vol. No. 17|date=March 2006|publisher=Sage Publications|page=59|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
24. ^{{cite web|title=Income Generation in London's non-National Museums|url=http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/files/4313/7468/2647/Income-Generation-in-Londons-non-National-Museums-August-2012.pdf|publisher=Museum of London|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
25. ^{{cite web|title=Oliver Preston books|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Oliver-Preston/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AOliver%20Preston|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=25 April 2015}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.oliverpreston.com/}}
  • Official website of The Cartoon Museum
  • Oliver Preston's art at Christie's
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