Peter Forster (1934 - 2021)

RA Collection: People and Organisations

English wood engraver, artist and printmaker, making illustrations for The Folio Society, The Times, The Observer and Saatchi & Saatchi, together with a number of other publications. He was one of the first wood engravers to use colour in his printmaking. In 2005 he was asked by The Royal Mint to design the reverse of a £2 coin to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the gunpowder plot.

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Born: 1934 in Fulham

Died: 2021

Nationality: British

Gender: Male

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