Title: |
Glen River - Mourne Mountains/ November |
Artist: |
Wilkinson, Donald (Keswick, Cumbria, b. 1937) |
Date: |
c. 1980 |
Medium: |
Original Lithograph |
Note: |
Donald Wilkinson: A contemporary British
painter and printmaker, Donald Wilkinson studied art techniques at the
Carlisle College of Art and Design, Cumbria (1953 - 1957), and at the Royal
College of Art, London (1959 - 1962). In 1962 he was awarded the Andrew
Lloyd Scholarship for Landscape and during the following years he received
such awards as The Giles Bequest, British International Print Biennale
(1974), The Pallas Prize, British International Print Biennale (1976),
National Museum Prize, Cracow International Print Biennale, Poland (1980),
the Northern Arts Award (1994) and Visual Arts UK (1995). Today a number
of Donald Wilkinson's works of art on paper is included in the collection
of the British Council. |
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Donald Wilkinson has devoted his career to landscape. Many
of his works focus upon the Lake District. Glen River - Mourne Mountains/
November is a large and important example of his very personal and striking
work in this oeuvre. |
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The Glen River is situated in the South East coast of County
Down, Northern Ireland. It begins in the Mourne Mountains and runs steeply
down through Donard Wood and finally through the seaside town of Newcastle. |
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Donald Wilkinson's large, original lithograph, Glen
River - Mourne Mountains/ November, examines both the beauty and power
of the river as it rapidly runs along its downward course. |
Edition: |
Limited edition of fifty impressions, numbered '17/50'. |
Size: |
24 1/2 X 36 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Price: $495.00 US |
Condition: |
Printed upon thick pure rag paper and with full margins as
published around 1980. Containing very slight traces of water staining
(well removed from the actual lithograph), else a finely printed impression
and in good condition throughout. Signed, titled and numbered, 17/50,
by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Glen River - Mourne
Mountains/ November represents a prime, original example of the contemporary British
landscape art of Donald Wilkinson. |
Subject: |
Glen River, Mourne Mountains, Donald Wilkinson, British
International Print Biennale, original lithograph, Northern Ireland, British
Council, Cumbria, British landscape art. |
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