Title: |
Brickmakers 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. *
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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. |
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Brickmakers 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. |
Reference: |
* Malcolm Salaman, Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by
British and French Artists, London, The Studio Ltd., 1919, pp. 124 & 125. |
Size: |
11 1/4 X 9 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $265.00 US |
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 to the lower right within the stone. A
finely printed impression with full tonal values and in excellent condition
throughout. Brickmakers at Work represents a prime, original example
of the famous art of Sir Frank Brangwyn. |
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