| 词条 | Harry Eccleston |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = H N Eccleston | honorific_suffix = OBE | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|01|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Coseley, West Midlands, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|04|30|1923|01|21|df=y}} | death_place = Upminster, Essex, England | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | education = Bilston School of Art | alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
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}} | years_active = | employer = | organization = Bank of England | agent = | known_for = Designing banknotes | notable_works = | style = | influences = | influenced = | home_town = | television = | religion = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = }}Harry Norman Eccleston, OBE (21 January 1923—30 April 2010) was an artist from Coseley, West Midlands, England.[1] He was the first full-time artist and designer of banknotes at the Bank of England.[1] ArtistHe trained at Bilston School of Art, and in 1939, Birmingham College of Art, then later, after Royal Navy service in World War II,[1] at the Royal College of Art.[2] Although he lived in London, Eccleston interest in his native Black Country continued throughout his life as produced paintings and etchings of the industrial landscape.[3] Eccleston made a number of drawings and studies of the people of the Black Country and the steelworks that he had been exposed to in his childhood. As a perfectionist his drawing are precise and mathematical, making him "one of the finest engravers of his day." [4] Banknote designHe joined the Bank of England in 1958 as their first in-house artist-designer, and was the designer of the "D" series of British banknotes — the first pictorial notes. They all featured Queen Elizabeth II, as well as Isaac Newton (£1), the Duke of Wellington (£5), Florence Nightingale (£10), William Shakespeare (£20) and Christopher Wren (£50). The notes were issued in 1970 and in use until 1981.[1] He retired from the Bank of England in 1983.[5] RecognitionHe was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1979.[1][5] In 2003 he was given an honorary doctorate of arts, by the University of Wolverhampton, for his services to banknote design and printmaking.[1] He was elected as a member of the Royal West of England Academy and as an Honorary Member of the RBSA. Art worksExamples of Harry Eccleston's work are held in a number of public collections, including the Black Country Living Museum[6] and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.[7] References1. ^1 2 3 4 [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jul/06/harry-eccleston-obituary The Guardian - obituary] {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Eccleston, Harry}}{{England-artist-stub}}2. ^1 [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-eccleston-the-first-inhouse-artistdesigner-at-the-bank-of-england-2015141.html The Independent] 3. ^The Free Library 4. ^Brendan Flynn, A Place For Art (Liverpool: Callprint, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 2014) 5. ^1 Bank of England {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310065427/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/harryeccleston.htm |date=2011-03-10 }} 6. ^{{Art UK bio|retrieved=3 April 2013|ref=1}} 7. ^{{cite web|last=Grimley|first=Terry|title=An artist of great note|url=http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/2005/09/13/an-artist-of-great-note-65233-16124604/|work=Birmingham Post|publisher=Trinity Mirror Midlands|accessdate=3 April 2013|date=September 2005}} 11 : English engravers|20th-century artists|People associated with the Bank of England|Banknotes of the United Kingdom|1923 births|2010 deaths|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Alumni of Birmingham Institute of Art and Design|Alumni of the Royal College of Art|People from Coseley|20th-century British printmakers |
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