A very handsome etching with aquatint by the artist Graham Clarke (b.1941), entitled 'Turnip Court.' The scene shows a bustling farm cottage with a turnip patch out front. Animals wander through the vegetables and a man and woman tend to the garden.
Graham Clarke is one of Britain's most popular and best-selling printmakers, and has created hundreds of images depicting English rural life. Clarke's work has gained admiration for his revival of hand coloured prints in the tradition of Thomas Rowlandson. His famous 'arched top' etchings, with which Graham Clarke established a widely successful reputation in Britain and overseas, came to public attention in 1973 when he first exhibited in London at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Show.
This fine etching has been inscribed, editioned and signed in pencil below the plate line. Well presented in a modern wood and gilt effect frame, as shown. The paper has been watermarked and blind stamped.
There is certificate of authenticity from the Clarke studio and a printed biography of the artist at the reverse.
The print and frame are in fine condition.
22.3 x 30.3cm (8.8" x 11.9")Framed Size: 40.9 x 49.1cm (16.1" x 19.3")
Born in 1941, printmaker Graham Clarke was educated at Beckenham Art School, and then at the Royal College of Art where he specializes in illustration and printmaking, and pursued his interest in calligraphy. With encouragement from Edward Bawden, Clarke began refining an individual aesthetic, printing traditional landscapes marked by a sense of locality and genre. Graduating in 1964, he benefited from the print boom of the decade and, with commissions from Editions Alecto and London Transport Publicity Department a promising career was launched. The publication in 1969 of his first hand-printed "livre d'artiste", Balyn and Balan won recognition from the most influential patron and connoisseur of the day, Kenneth Clark. Examples of Clarke's work are held by Royal and public collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, and the Tate Gallery.
| SKU | qo197 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Graham Clarke (b.1941) |
| Date | Contemporary |
| Dimensions | 22.3 x 30.3cm |
| Medium | Etching |
| Style | Illustration Art |
| Subject | Landscape |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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