David Lawrence Carpanini (born 1946) is a Welsh artist,

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, teacher and

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed technique ...

whose drawings, paintings and etchings are mostly concerned with the natural and industrial landscapes of South Wales. He was President of the

Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), known until 1991 as the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, is a leading art institution based in London, England. The Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, as it was originally styled, was ...

(1995–2003) and was Professor of Art at the

University of Wolverhampton The University of Wolverhampton is a public university in Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, England, located on four campuses across the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, Shropshire and Staffordshire. Originally founded in 1827 as the Wolverham ...

(1992–2000). Carpanini was born of Italian and Welsh descent in the

Afan Valley {{Commons category, Valleys of Neath Port Talbot Landforms of Neath Port Talbot Neath Neath (; ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a popu ...

in Glamorgan in Wales in 1946, the son of Lawrence Carpanini and Gwenllian (née Thomas), and was educated at

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. He trained as an artist at Gloucestershire College of Art, the

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and the

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. In 1969 he won the British Institution Awards Committee Annual Scholarship for engraving, going on to teach Art at the Kingham Hill School from 1972 until December 1978, and at

Oundle School Oundle School is a public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding school, boarding and day school) for pupils 11–18 situated in the market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire ...

from 1979 to 1986.Biography of David Lawrence Carpinin
on the

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website He was Head of Art and Design at

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, and became Professor when it gained university status in 1992, a post he held until 2000. He has exhibited regularly at the

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, and has exhibited at other major venues in the UK and abroad.Biography of Carpanini on The New English Art Club website
/ref>The Paintings of David Carpanini - the Fosse Gallery
/ref> Carpanini has exhibited at various galleries including the

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, the New Arts Centre and the

Bankside Gallery Bankside Gallery is a public art gallery in Bankside, London, England. Opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1980, Bankside is an educational charity, situated on the Thames Path just along from Tate Modern. The gallery is home to the Royal Watercol ...

. He has held solo exhibitions at the

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, the Warwick Arts Festival (1986), the Mostyn Gallery (1988), the Rhondda Heritage Gallery (1989 and 1994),

Walsall Museum Walsall Museum was a small, local history museum located in the centre of Walsall in the West Midlands. The holdings of Walsall Museum ranged from seventeenth-century firemarks to twenty-first century posters. There was also a large collectio ...

(1989) and

St David's Hall St David's Hall () is a performing arts and conference venue in the heart of Cardiff, Wales. St David's Hall is the National Concert Hall and Conference Centre of Wales. It hosts the annual Welsh Proms and the biennial BBC Cardiff Singer of t ...

, Cardiff (1999) among others. He was elected RE (1982) (ARE 1979); RWA (1983) (ARWA 1977); RBA (1976); NEAC (1983);

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1992; Hon RWS (1996), and Hon RBSA (2000). His paintings are held in the collections of the

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, the

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in Cardiff, the

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Newport Museum and Art Gallery Newport Museum and Art Gallery () (known locally as the City Museum ()) is a museum, library and art gallery in the city of Newport, South Wales. It is located in Newport city centre on John Frost Square and is adjoined to the Kingsway Shop ...

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is the public art gallery of the City and County of Swansea, in Wales, United Kingdom. The gallery is situated in Alexandra Road, near Swansea railway station, opposite the old Swansea Central Library. History The ...

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, the

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, The Welsh Mining Museum; British Steel,

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, the

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, the

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, the

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and by private collectors around the world. His work has been the subject of three documentaries: ''Everyone - A Special Kind of Artist - David Carpanini'' -

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(1984); ''David Carpanini - Artist of Wales'' - HTV (1987) and ''A Word in Your Eye'' - HTV (1997). David Carpanini is married to the watercolourist Jane Carpanini (born 1949); they live in

Leamington Spa Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply LeamingtonEven more colloquially, also referred to as Lem or Leam (). (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Pri ...

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