Josephine Wall, 1947 | Fantasy painter

From childhood Josephine has had a passion for light and colour, fantasy and visual storytelling. The life of a painter was clearly her destiny! Enchanting and detailed images flow freely from her imagination in an endless cascade of ideas.
Her first employment after leaving Art College was at Poole Pottery, where she painted the dynamic and boldly coloured designs of the now famous Delphis ware - very collectable and realising high prices at specialist auctions. In addition to her main love of painting, she directs her creative energies into pottery figures, sculpture and reproduction stained glass panels.
She has even customised items of clothing.

Josephine Wall's paintings are mainly influenced and inspired by Arthur Rackham, with lesser influences from surrealist artists such as Magritte* and Dalí*, and the romanticism of the pre-Raphaelites. A number of her works were exhibited in Tehran and Tokyo during 1974 and her first solo exhibition took place the following year in Swindon.

Josephine and her paintings were the subject of a special feature on Southern Television in 1990. Following a visit to the Spring Fair in Birmingham in 1993 she signed contracts with firms in Britain and Switzerland to publish her work as prints, posters and cards for worldwide distribution.
Her originals and limited edition prints by are often sold through Courtenay's Fine Art and Courtyard of Romance.
In addition to a range of Limited Edition Prints, Josephine Wall continues to work with her exclusive licensing agents Art Impressions in California who began licensing her work around the world in 1996.
They are responsible for finding the contacts and setting up licensing deals. Apparently there is a rush to see who will get new images as they appear!
It has been used for greeting cards, calendars, posters, stained glass, craft transfers (“T” shirts), journals, stationery, cheques and cheque covers, mugs, magnets, suncatchers, treasure boxes, wall murals, scrapbook paper sets, fabric squares, figurines, and puzzles.

In 1998 five original works were selected for an exhibition at London's Mall Gallery entitled “Art of the Imagination”. Josephine has subsequently joined the circle of artists in the society of the same name.
Since then her works have been selected by Ron and Yvette Emard (Founders of Courtyard of Romance) for exhibitions at New York Art Expo and have been the subject of a book “The Fantasy World of Josephine Wall”, jointly published by the artist and Courtyard of Romance. Pop singer Britney Spears has used a number of Josephine's images on her website.
In 2008, Sunbeams Initiatives, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida was chosen as Josephine's Official International Marketing Group and "One Stop Shop" source for all of her art. This includes retail and wholesale sales of original paintings, prints, games, greeting cards, books and other quality products which carry her name. The company is headed by Dr. Patricia Sager as it's President and CEO. Dr. Sager personally handles much of Ms. Wall's personal appearances and event planning worldwide.

Josephine Wall è una delle più affermate figure nel panorama della fantasy art. Nasce a Farnham, Surrey in Inghilterra nel 1947 e vanta una lunga e florida carriera.

Ha venduto il suo primo quadro all'età di 16 anni.

Studia arte al Bournemouth College diplomandosi nel 1967, e da lì in poi la sua fama è in continua ascesa.

Principalmente una pittrice, olio e acrilico, la Wall si dedica anche ad altre occupazioni creative come la scultura, la ceramica, progettare vestiti e murali, dipingere mobilia.

ma le piace sperimentare con diverse tecniche sui più disparati materiali, come il vetro, la ceramica, progettare vestiti e murali, dipingere mobilia.

E' anche una scultrice e per le sue opere predilige pietre naturali locali.

I suoi lavori hanno iniziato presto a girare il mondo: Teheran, Tokyo, e New York durante l'Art Expo, oltre all'enorme riscontro ottenuto in patria, grazie anche al supporto dei media.

Alcuni dei suoi lavori vengono esposti a Londra, nella prestigiosa rassegna chiamata Art of the Imagination.

Le sono d'ispirazione illustratori come Arthur Rackam, i surrealisti come Dalì e i Preraffaelliti; ma la caratteristica che la contraddistingue è un fine connubio di immagini etniche miste alle fiabe tradizionali.