Louis Ginnett (24 July 1875, in Brighton – 1946, in Brighton) was a British portrait, mural and stained glass painter, who taught at the Brighton School of Art from 1909 to 1939. He was a war artist on the front during the First World War. A graduate of the Académie Julian in Paris, he was a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and eventually served as President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. His works are in the permanent collections of the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and the Imperial War Museum.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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  4. ^ A Memorial Exhibition of the Work of the Late Louis Ginnett. Fine Art Galleries. 1947.
  5. ^ Willsdon, Clare A. P. (2000). Mural Painting in Britain 1840-1940: Image and Meaning. Oxford University Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-19-817515-5.
  6. ^ Buckman, David (2006). Artists in Britain since 1945: M to Z. Art Dictionaries Limited. p. 1025. ISBN 978-0-9532609-5-9.
  7. ^ Liddle, Peter H. (30 January 2017). Passchendaele in Perspective: The Third Battle of Ypres. Pen and Sword. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-4738-1708-1.