Open Window One of 25 copies

John Drawbridge

Verlag: 'A Tribute to Birgit Skiold',, 1983

Beschreibung

John Drawbridge mezzotint printed in red and black titled colour Open Window . Printed on hand made wove paper by Barcham Green. Signed, titled, and numbered 10/25 in lower margin by the artist in pencil. Fine Image size 13.5 x 7.5 cm (5.25 x 3 inches) Sheet size 30 x 30cm (11.75 x 11.75 inches) John Drawbridge [New Zealand 1930-2005] Painter and print maker; born 27 December 1930 in Wellington, New Zealand, educated at Wellington Teachers College and Dunedin Teachers College; arrived in London in 1957 to study at the Central School of Arts (1957-60)and spent a year in Paris pursuing printmaking, in the early 1960s he exhibited successfully in London and obtained the commission to paint a huge mural for New Zealand House in 1961; returned to New Zealand in 1963 with his English-born wife, the sculptor and silversmith Tanya Ashken, where his abstract work had a mixed reception in his local city, Wellington; in 1967 the New Zealand Government presented one of his abstract paintings Coastline, Island Bay to Canada to mark Canada s centenary, although its abstract treatment aroused hostility in the Wellington press; during the 1970s he experimented with new techniques, painting on metal surfaces and exploring optical effects; made Beehive Mural in 1979 for New Zealand s new Parliament building; as a printmaker he specialised in mezzotint; died 24 July 2005. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 60003357

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Open Window One of 25 copies

Verlag: 'A Tribute to Birgit Skiold',

Erscheinungsdatum: 1983

Einband: No Binding

Illustrator: John Drawbridge

Zustand: Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)