Anthony Wood (artist)

Anthony Wood, FSHA, FSSI (5 October 1925 – 16 February 2022) was a British heraldic artist and a master of heraldry.

In 1968, he founded a full-time three-year Diploma course in calligraphy, heraldry, and manuscript illumination at the Reigate School of Art and Design.

Wood committed to teach his students a wide variety of techniques ranging from medieval to modern styles of calligraphy and illumination done mainly on calf and goatskin vellum, in gouache colors and precious metals, continued to work over the past half century to private commissions for clients from all over the world.

His armorial art produced for the House of Lords, the House of Commons and the Craft and Merchant Guilds of the city of London, commissioned by local authorities, schools, universities, and private collectors is recognizable for the high complexity of composition, rich detail, and created almost 3-D visual effect.

From 1980 to 1982 and from 1983 to 1984, he was Master of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers (longbow makers) of London, which is one of the Medieval Craft Guilds of the city.