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Michael A. Haynes
Born	27 April 1941 Bideford, Devon, UK
Died	6 March 2023 Elsfield Manor, Elsfield, UK
Occupation	Visual arts supporter of graduate artists
Spouse	Ruby Haynes

Michael Adrian Haynes (27 April 1941 - 6 March 2023) was an English artist and designer. Haynes also created independent studio workspaces for other artists and creators to grow their art.

Haynes was display director for Jaegar between 1960 and 1969.

Haynes' 1967 'Swinging London' exhibition life sized cut-outs art included The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jean Shrimpton, PJ Proby, Mary Quant, David Hockney, Peter Blake, Gerald Scarfe, The Who, The Kinks, Twiggy, Bruce Lacey, and Paul Jones.

Haynes experimented with use of 3D perspex in art, in interior design, in furnishings, and in architecture. Haynes’ work in perspex paintings and perspex furniture were displayed in exhibitions in the UK, France and the US

Haynes clients included:

David Bailey, Hubert Givenchy, Odile Taliani, Lord Tanlaw, Mary Quant, Christian Dior, Mecca, Lord Snowdon, Duke of Marlborough, Churchill Centenary trust, National trust, British design council, Madame Tussauds, The Sultan of Oman, Vogue magazine, Sunday Telegraph, National portrait gallery, V&A

401 1/2 studios continues to provide a creative hub for artist/crafts people as well as an independent art studio. It is now run by the Haynes family.

Timelines

Haynes was born in Bideford, Devon on 27th April 1941, and was state educated.

1960s

Haynes as display director for Jaegar from 1960 to 1969, winning many UK display awards

Displays included an installation by the cast of “An Evening of British Rubbish” featuring Bruce Lacey from the Wyndhams Theatre in London. The exhibition of “Celebrity Christmas Trees”, designed by personalities

Haynes designed window displa

Haynes' Jaegar Christmas display consisting of lines of penguins, with spring heads fitted to concentric cranks, and was bought by Paul McCartney.

Exhibitions designed by Haynes in the 1960s included:

• Photographs by William Klein, Paris & London 1965
• Photographs by David Bailey, London 1966
• Sir Winston Churchill Museum, Chartwell for national trust 1966
• Swinging London at Madam Tussaud’s, London 1967
• Penrhyn castle museum, Wales for national trust 1967
• Neon & Acrylic Art Showcase, London 1968

1970s

Haynes designed the fashion section of the British Exhibition of Design at the Museum des Arts Decoratif, Paris.

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Exhibitions designed and built by Haynes in the 1970s include:

• L’Idée et la Forme. Design en Grande Bretagne, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris 1970
• Cecil Beaton, V&A 1971
• Crystal ball, Dallas Texas with Sir Cecil Beaton 1972
• Crockfords club, London with Sire Cecil Beaton 1972
• Salisbury arts festival, England 1973
• Mary Quants London, London Museum (Kensington Palace) 1973
• The Churchill Centenary Exhibition, Somerset House 1974
• Acrylic paintings and furniture at Anthony Redmile, London, 1977
• Thomas More Quincentenary Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, 1977
• Commonwealth institute, London 1979

Open days - from 1971 Haynes ran open days at his studios at Stow-on-the-Wold and in the 401½ studios Wandsworth road London, close to Chelsea and Vauxhall bridges. 401 studios in London to this day continue this for the current resident creators and artists that use these studios.

In 1975 Haynes setup Fosseway house, a Cotswold Manor House as independent residential workshops for artists and craftspeople

In 1976 Haynes was part of the consortium to repair and preserve John Buckhams former residence Elsfield Manor, the former home of John Buchan and Miriam Rothschild. Haynes resided at the ground floor flat, convenient for accessing the studios in London and the Cotswolds, and to house a growing collection of modern art.

1980s

The transformation of the derelict Elsfield Manor was documented featuring in the book “beautiful homes of Britain”, as well as being featured in “The charm of Elsfield Manor" in Arhitectural Digest, May 1980

1980’s Haynes designed and built exhibitions included

• Photographs of Sir Cecil Beaton, Sothebys collection London, 1980
• The 20th Century room at the National Portrait Gallery 1982
• Coco Chanel exhibition, Sotheby’s Bond Street 1984
• Paul McCartney exhibition, National Portrait Gallery 1984
• Exhibition of contemporary applied arts, Sotherby’s Bond Street 1989

The first combined group exhibition of the work from both Fosseway House and 401½ was held in the art gallery at the Commonwealth Institute in 1980. The catalogue (ISBN No. 0-900906-87-71) was designed by Haynes and the exhibition selection was made by Michael Rowe, Jill Crowley, Diana Harrison and Michael Haynes. The exhibition was organized by Fred Lightfoot MBE. John Houston produced most of the text. for the catalogue.

Exhibitions included:

• Westminster gallery, Boston 1981
• Ashgate gallery, Farnham 1984
• Olympia Arts Fair 1988
• Trade exhibitions in Russia, Japan, Germany, USA, Italy, Brazil and France

1990s

Haynes' portrait was painted by Howard Morgan, who was a former member of 401 Studios.