Sir Frank Brangwyn

A Cooper at Work

Sir Frank Brangwyn's A Cooper at Work is recognized as perhaps his greatest original lithograph. It was first published in a small edition of hand signed impressions in 1895. This then represents the second and final edition of this truly monumental work of art. It is printed upon wove paper and originates from a 1905 portfolio entitled, "The Spirit of the Age: The Work of Frank Brangwyn A.R.A." and bears the title, medium and artist's and printer's name along the lower margin. This impression is signed with Brangwyn's characteristic 'F.B.' monogramme to the lower right within the stone.

Original Lithograph by the British artist, Sir Frank Brangwyn.

A Cooper at Work

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Sir Frank Brangwyn (Bruges, 1867 - London, 1956)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Info	-
01-		A Cooper at Work by Sir Frank Brangwyn	Original Lithograph	1905	Signed with Frank Brangwyn's 'F.B.' monogramme within the stone.	Sold
02.-		Brickmakers at Work by Sir Frank Brangwyn	Original Lithograph	1905	Signed with Frank Brangwyn's 'F.B.' monogramme within the stone.	Available
03.-		Pageant of Ludlow: Comus by Sir Frank Brangwyn	Original Etching	1934	Signed in pencil by Frank Brangwyn.	Sold
04.-		The Hay Cart by Sir Frank Brangwyn	Original Etching	1905	Artist's Proof, signed in pencil by Frank Brangwyn.	Sold
05.-		The Steam Excavator by Sir Frank Brangwyn	Original Lithograph	1905	Signed with Frank Brangwyn's 'F.B.' monogramme within the stone.	Sold

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Title:	A Cooper at Work
Artist:	Brangwyn, Sir Frank (Bruges, 1867 - London, 1956)
Date:	1905
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Hodder & Stoughton, London
Printer:	T. R. Way
Note:	"Everything that Mr. Brangwyn does, notwithstanding the multifariousness of his output, bears the stamp of an artist full-statured and of virile sensibility. Lithography serves magnificently the swift sure impulse of his drawing which, except in the case of the very large posters, has always been done direct upon the stone, and deservedly has he succeeded to the presidency of the Senefelder Club. ... The energy of the workman is a favourite theme with Mr. Brangwyn. *
	Before Frank Brangwyn emerged as one of England's premier early twentieth century etchers, he had already established a strong reputation as a watercolourist, illustrator and artistic lithographer. Born in Bruges, Brangwyn came to England as a teenager and apprenticed under William Morris for approximately three years. He then went to sea and travelled extensively, visiting Asia Minor (1888), Algeria and Morocco (1889), and South Africa and Spain (1891). Other destinations included Italy, Russia, Constantinople, Tunis, Malay and Japan. Frank Brangwyn first exhibited his art at the Royal Academy in 1885. During the following years he became a member of such international institutions as the Institute de France, the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, the Munich Secession, Artists Association of Vienna, Societe Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Royal Academy, Milan, and the Royal Academy, Stockholm. Brangwyn became an Associate of the Royal Academy, London, in 1904 and an Academician in 1919. He was knighted in London in 1941.
	A Cooper at Work originates from a 1905 portfolio entitled, "The Spirit of the Age: The Work of Frank Brangwyn A.R.A." Edited by the Brangwyn scholar, Walter Shaw Sparrow, the portfolio contained 20 full sheet illustrations of Brangwyn's paintings, drawings and etchings. Also three original lithographs were included for this publication, all printed by Thomas Way. The original lithographs are entitled Brickmakers at Work, The Steam Excavator and A Cooper at Work. Each was printed on wove paper and backed onto a stiffer sheet of laid paper for inclusion into the portfolio.
	A Cooper at Work is recognized as perhaps Brangwyn's greatest original lithograph. It was first published in a small edition of hand signed impressions in 1895. This then represents the second and final edition of this truly monumental work of art.
Reference:	* Malcolm Salaman, Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, London, The Studio Ltd., 1919, pp. 124 & 125.
Size:	8 X 9 5/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and backed upon another sheet of paper for publication, as described above. Bearing the title, medium and artist's and printer's name along the lower margin. Signed with Brangwyn's characteristic 'F.B.' monogramme within the stone. A finely printed impression with full tonal values and in excellent condition throughout. A Cooper at Work represents a prime, original example of the famous art of Sir Frank Brangwyn.
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