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Michael A. Haynes (artist, designer)
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Michael Adrian Haynes (27 April 1941 - 6 March 2023) was an English artist and designer. Haynes also supported artists and creators by creating independent studio workspaces for them to create.

Haynes was the display director for Jaegar between 1960 and 1969, and won the Regent Street annual window display award seven times. In addition the Sunday Telegraph best national window display for two years running and the Evening Standard trophy for the best displays  in London. As Head-of-Display for Jaegar Haynes also designed and opened the Paris store to wide acclaim - Jean Shrimpton, Twiggy and Marianne Faithfull all wore Jaegar during this period.

His 1967 “Swinging London” Exhibition at Madame Tussard’s London, featured now iconic life size cut-out photographs, including that of artist Peter Blake. Sir Peter liked the idea so much it inspired the concept cover of the Beatles “Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band”.

In his exhibition the cut-outs 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 across the world in exhibitions including:


 * Ashgate gallery, Farnham
 * Anthony Redmile gallery, London
 * Camden art centre, London
 * Klaus Schilling gallery, Cannes
 * Ehrmann gallery, London
 * Sunday telegraph rooms exhibition at Maples, London
 * Westminster gallery, Boston USA

His clients included many well known organisations and people including

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 be a creative hub for artist/crafts people and a unique independent art studio, now run by the Haynes family.

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

1960s
Haynes was the display director for Jaegar between 1960 and 1969, winning the Regent Street annual window display award seven times. In addition the Sunday Telegraph best national window display for two years running and the Evening Standard trophy for the best displays  in London.

Other displays included an installation by the cast of “An Evening of British Rubbish” starring Bruce Lacey from the Wyndhams Theatre in London. The exhibition of “Celebrity Christmas Trees”, designed by personalities, also received much publicity.

Haynes also designed window displays for Mary Quant between 1963 and 1965 at her Knightsbridge and Kings Road boutiques. One of Haynes’ window displays was a flower design on the window made by drawing around paper plates. Mary Quant loved it so much it became the inspiration for her iconic flower design.

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

Other exhibitions designed by Haynes in the 1960s include:


 * 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 became established as the leading display designer in London. In 1970 Haynes was invited to design the fashion section of the British Exhibition of Design at the Museum des Arts Decoratif, Paris.

In 1971 Cecil Beaton asked Haynes to design his exhibition “Fashion: An Anthology” at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Beaton had accumulated a breathtaking collection of clothes designed by the most celebrated designers of the 20th Century, and worn by fashion icons such as Mrs Loel Guinness, The Duchess of Windsor, Empress Eugene, Mrs Diana Vreeland and Madame Martinez de Hoz. These included Balenciaga; Worth; Schiaparelli; Vionet; Dior; Grey; Balmain; Chanel; Hartnell; Fortuny; Callot; shoe designers, Vivier & Rayne.

During the mid-60s Lady Churchill and her daughter whilst driving past the window display commemorating the life of Sir Winston Churchill in Regent Street, stopped and found that Haynes had created it - As a result, Haynes was first commissioned by The National Trust to design and install the Museum Rooms at Chartwell, Sir Winston’s country home. Following this in 1974, The Churchill Centenary Trust commissioned Haynes to design and install the Churchill Centenary Exhibition at Somerset House.

Other 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

From 1971 Haynes setup open days to his studios at Stow-on-the-Wold and in the 401½ studios Wandsworth road London, close to Chelsea and Vauxhall bridges. These open days continue to this day at 401 studios London for the resident creators and artists that use these active 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 a consortium to repair and preserve Elsfield Manor, the former home of John Buchan and Miriam Rothschild. Haynes took the ground floor flat as a convenient place to live to access his studios in London and the Cotswolds, and as a place to house his growing collection of modern art.

1980s
The transformation of the derelict Elsfield Manor led to Haynes’ flat featuring in the book “beautiful homes of Britain”, as well as being featured in “The charm of Elsfield Manor" in Arhitectural Digest, May 1980

Haynes’ commercial work consisted of leading his design team to develop various innovative advertising campaigns, including changing the image of betting shops with his three dimensional perspex shopfronts. His designs for the Royal Ascot Box with his Perspex design had racegoers in the other boxes queuing down the corridors to see it. He also continued to design perspex furniture with his writing cabinet being exhibited at Sotheby’s.

In the 1980’s Haynes designed and built numerous exhibitions including


 * 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.

Further group exhibitions that Haynes designed and organised include


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

1990s
In the 1990’s, Haynes designed a series of six leisure facilities in North America for Philadelphia Park Race Track; In 1994 he was commissioned to design the interiors of a block of 24 shore apartments in New Jersey 30 minutes south of New York.

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

2023
Haynes passed away at his home in Elsfield Manor, Oxford on 6th March 2023. His ashes are buried at Elsfield village Church St Thomas of Canterbury.