Rachel Owen | |
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Born | Rachel Mary Owen 30 November 1968
Cardiff, Wales |
Died | 18 December 2016 | (aged 48)
Spouse | Thom Yorke |
Children | 2 |
Website | rachel-owen.co.uk |
Rachel Mary Owen (30 November 1968 – 18 December 2016) was a Welsh photographer, printmaker and lecturer on medieval Italian literature. She was married to the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke; they announced their separation in 2015.
Owen was born in Cardiff, Wales. [1] She received a B.A. (Hons) in Italian and Fine Art (Painting), specialising in Printmaking, from the University of Exeter. [2] In the 1990s, she lived in Florence with two students and studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence, where she fell in love with Dante's work. [3] In 2001, Owen received a PhD from the University of London, where her research was on the illustrations in manuscripts of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. [4]
Owen was a lecturer in Italian with a focus on medieval Italian literature, where she examined illustration and its reception in Divine Comedy. [5] She taught art history and Dante studies for visiting students at the University of Oxford. [6]
Owen was also a fine-art printmaker [7] and a member of the Oxford Printmakers Co-operative. [8] She mixed photography with printmaking [4] and her work explored ideas of transformation using photographic screenprints. [9] Her artwork was used on the cover of the 1993 Radiohead single " Pop Is Dead". [10][ failed verification]
For 23 years, Owen was in a relationship with the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, whom she met while they were students at the University of Exeter. [11] [12] [13] She and Yorke had a son, Noah, born in 2001, and a daughter, Agnes, born in 2004. [14] Owen influenced the lyrics of Radiohead songs such as "I Might Be Wrong" [15] and "Optimistic". [16]
In 2012, Rolling Stone reported that Owen and Yorke were not married. [17] However, The Times later found that they had married in a secret ceremony in Oxfordshire in May 2003. [18] In August 2015, the couple announced they had separated amicably "after 23 highly creative and happy years". [19] Several critics believed the separation influenced the lyrics of Radiohead's 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool. [20] [21] [22]
Owen died of cancer on 18 December 2016 at the age of 48. [13] She continued to teach Italian into her final months. [23] Radiohead dedicated the 2017 OKNOTOK reissue of their 1997 album OK Computer to her memory. [24]
Rachel Owen | |
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Born | Rachel Mary Owen 30 November 1968
Cardiff, Wales |
Died | 18 December 2016 | (aged 48)
Spouse | Thom Yorke |
Children | 2 |
Website | rachel-owen.co.uk |
Rachel Mary Owen (30 November 1968 – 18 December 2016) was a Welsh photographer, printmaker and lecturer on medieval Italian literature. She was married to the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke; they announced their separation in 2015.
Owen was born in Cardiff, Wales. [1] She received a B.A. (Hons) in Italian and Fine Art (Painting), specialising in Printmaking, from the University of Exeter. [2] In the 1990s, she lived in Florence with two students and studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence, where she fell in love with Dante's work. [3] In 2001, Owen received a PhD from the University of London, where her research was on the illustrations in manuscripts of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. [4]
Owen was a lecturer in Italian with a focus on medieval Italian literature, where she examined illustration and its reception in Divine Comedy. [5] She taught art history and Dante studies for visiting students at the University of Oxford. [6]
Owen was also a fine-art printmaker [7] and a member of the Oxford Printmakers Co-operative. [8] She mixed photography with printmaking [4] and her work explored ideas of transformation using photographic screenprints. [9] Her artwork was used on the cover of the 1993 Radiohead single " Pop Is Dead". [10][ failed verification]
For 23 years, Owen was in a relationship with the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, whom she met while they were students at the University of Exeter. [11] [12] [13] She and Yorke had a son, Noah, born in 2001, and a daughter, Agnes, born in 2004. [14] Owen influenced the lyrics of Radiohead songs such as "I Might Be Wrong" [15] and "Optimistic". [16]
In 2012, Rolling Stone reported that Owen and Yorke were not married. [17] However, The Times later found that they had married in a secret ceremony in Oxfordshire in May 2003. [18] In August 2015, the couple announced they had separated amicably "after 23 highly creative and happy years". [19] Several critics believed the separation influenced the lyrics of Radiohead's 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool. [20] [21] [22]
Owen died of cancer on 18 December 2016 at the age of 48. [13] She continued to teach Italian into her final months. [23] Radiohead dedicated the 2017 OKNOTOK reissue of their 1997 album OK Computer to her memory. [24]