SKU: 11106
Robert Austin
(1895 - 1973)
The Angelus, 1922, original copper plate
£4,400
Robert Austin (1895 - 1973)
£390
Line engraving,
Plate: 6 x 7 1/2 in. (15.3 x 19.3 cm.), Print: 9 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (24 x 26 cm.)
Size:
Height – 15.3cm
Width – 19.3cm
3 in stock
From a posthumous edition of 3 printed by David Maes in 2009
Austin
won the Rome Scholarship for engraving in 1923 and spent 3 remarkable
years in Rome before teaching engraving at the Royal College of Art,
1927-44, becoming Professor in the Department of Graphic Design,
1948-55. Austin was a meticulous craftsman-engraver and a vigorous
draughtsman, as his series of drawings of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
and ballooning activities done during World War II shows. The Tate
Gallery holds his work.
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, organised an exhibition of his work in 1980.
More
recently he was the subject of two shows at the Fine Art Society plc
(2001 and 2002), the latter organized organised in conjunction with Liss
Fine Art Ltd, and a show at The Royal Academy of Arts in 2009; (he was
elected a Royal Academician in 1949).
Printmaker and draughtsman, born in Leicester. He studied at the School of Art there and at the Royal College of Art, 1914-16 and 1919-22, winning the Rome Scholarship for engraving in the latter year. He taught engraving at the Royal College of Art, 1927-44, becoming Professor in the Department of Graphic Design, 1948-55. Showed with RWS, of which he was a member and President; RE, of which he was a member; and the RA, to which he was elected in 1949. Austin was a meticulous craftsman-engraver and a vigorous draughtsman, as his series of drawings of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and ballooning activities done during World War II shows. The Tate Gallery holds his work.
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, organised an exhibition of his work in 1980.
More recently he was the subject of two shows at the Fine Art Society plc (2001 and 2002), the latter organised in conjunction with Liss Fine Art Ltd.
