Graham Rust

Graham Rust (born 1942, Hertfordshire, England) is a painter and muralist.

Biography Graham Redgrave-Rust was born in Hertfordshire, England in 1942. He studied drawing and painting at the Regent Street Art School, the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London and the National Academy of Art in New York. For two years he worked as an artist on Architectural Forum for Time Inc. In 1968 he spent a year as artist in residence at Woodberry Forest School, in Orange, Virginia, United States.

He is internationally renowned for his murals and ceiling paintings. His most important work is the mural "The Temptation" in the entrance hall of Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, which was started in 1969 and finished in 1983. The mural was commissioned by Lord Hertford after he had seen Rust working on a mural in Virginia, USA. The Ragley Hall mural was painted using gouache directly onto the plaster, portraying a view of the Mountain of Temptation and several of Lord Hertford's relatives.

Graham Rust lives and works in Suffolk and illustrated a cookery book by the late Countess of Clanwilliam, who commissioned his first mural painting in 1965.

Exhibitions

1964 The Insituto Panameneo de Arts, Panama, Drawings 1965 The Oxford Union, Drawings and Watercolours 1965 The Jason Gallery, New York, Drawings 1965 Duncombe Park, Yorkshire, Paintings and Drawings 1969 Duncombe Park, Yorkshire, Paintings and Drawings 1972 Hazlitt, Drawings London and Rome 1973 Hazlitt, Autumn in Provence 1975 Spink, Rust in India 1976 Spink, Rust in Greece 1977 Spink, The West Indies and other works 1978 Lane Crawford, Hong Kong, Drawings and Watercolours 1980 40 Belgrave Square and Ragley Hall, R.C.S.B. Benefit 1981 Gainsborough's House, Suffolk, A Travelers Sketchbook 1982 Spink, The Holy Land 1985 The Alpine Gallery, London, R.C.S.B. Benefit 1987 Leighton House, London, "The Painted House" 1987 Roger Ramsey Gallery, Chicago 1988 Stubbs Gallery, New York 1989 Robert Domergue Inc., San Francisco 1989 Melrose Place Gallery, Los Angeles 1990 Colnaghi, London, R.C.S.B. Benefit 1993 The Museum of Garden History, London 1996 Raphael Valls Gallery, London 1999 Marlborough House, London, Sightsavers Benefit 2006 The Ebury Galleries, London 2007 The Theatre, Chipping Norton, Oxon 2007 Chiesa dell'angelo, Lodi 2007 Neue Theatre, Espelkamp, Germany 2009 Mish, New York, N.Y.B.G Benefit 2012 The Brompton Oratory, London, Sightsavers Benefit

Books published 1987 "The Painted House" Cassells / USA Bullfinch 1996 "Decorative Designs" Cassells / USA Bullfinch 1998 "Needlepoint Designs" Ward Locke / USA Rizzoli 2001 "The Painted Ceiling" Constable / USA Little Brown 2005 "Revisiting The Painted House" Breslich & Foss Ltd

Books illustrated 1982 "Recipes From a Chateau In Champagne" Victor Gollancz Ltd 1986 "The Fruits of the Earth" Michael Joseph / USA David Godine 1986 "The Secret Garden" Michael Joseph / USA David Godine 1989 "A Little Princess" Michael Joseph / USA David Godine 1991 "The Secret Garden Notebook" Letts 1993 "Some Flowers: Vita Sackville West" Pavilion & National Trust / USA Abrams 1993 "Little Lord Fauntleroy" Michael Joseph / USA David Godine 1994 "The Fine Art of Dining" Little Brown 2001 "Claro en la Selva" Luis Pujadas y Ortiz, Red Lion Express 2007 "Food For Friends" Somerton