Inge Clayton FRSA (1942-2010) - Contemporary Etching The Three Graces

Description

An expressive and contemporary etching from established Austrian artist Inge Clayton. Entitled 'Three Graces' Clayton refers to the Greek myth of Zeus' three daughters, Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia. They were said to represent beauty, mirth and elegance. Immortalized by Antonio Canova Neoclassical statue 'The Three Graces' created between 1813–1816. Clayton uses this myth to celebrate the female form in her instantly recognisable style with rich textures and evocative lines. Inscribed with the print number '12/40'. Signed.

Condition

In fine condition.

Size

35.2 x 43.9cm (13.9" x 17.3")
Sheet: 44.1 x 56.8cm (17.4" x 22.4")

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Artist Biography

Inge Clayton 1942-2010. Painter, designer, sculptor and collagist, born in Salzburg, Austria then settled in London in 1961. She has held several solo shows in her native Austria and Germany and has also exhibited at the Royal Academy as well as in many London galleries.

Clayton worked as an interior architect and a jewellery designer on first arriving in the UK and from 1976-84 she studied collage with Jack Yates and life drawing with John Nicholl at the Camden Arts Centre, as well as printmaking at St. Albans under Peter Jaques.

Her solo exhibition venues include Margaret Fisher Gallery, 1979, Artellier Gallery, 1984, Chalk Farm Gallery, 1985, Boundary Gallery, 1988, Andrew Usiskin Gallery, 1989 and 1992, St. Jude's Gallery, 1990, Anna-Mei Chadwick, 1990 and 1992, Arts Intaglio Gallery, Manchester, 1993 and in the same years was an invited artist at the Brighton Festival. Notable group exhibition venues include the RA, Camden Arts Centre, Alpine Gallery, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart, Gallerie Engelberts, Geneva, Galerie Hessler, Munich, Galerie Groessel, Salzburg, Galerie Mozart, Salzburg and at the ICA, London.

Examples of her work are in the collection of Keele University, and the Marie Currie Foundation. More recently she has shown solo at the Catto Gallery, Hampstead, London. Much of her work shows her European background and one can easily recognize the influence of Otto Dix, Egon Schiele, Kokoschka, and George Grosz.