Etchings & Engravings
Edward Wadsworth
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Coral Fishing Boat. Number 118 of an edition of 450. Hand coloured copperplate engraving produced for 'Sailing Ships and Barges'. Framed in gold, measuring 13 x 10.5 cms. £130.00 not including shipping.* sold |
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Le Cotre. Number 118 of an edition of 450. Hand coloured copperplate engraving produced for 'Sailing Ships and Barges'. Framed in gold, measuring 10.5 x 11 cms. £130.00 not including shipping. * sold |
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Born in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire in
1889, Wadsworth studied engineering in Munich, then against
family wishes he chose to be a painter. His subjects are still
life and landscape, often with a nautical flavour and having a
Surrealist element. He was also a noted printmaker. He studied initially at The Bradford School of Art in 1908 under Charles Stephenson. Later that year he won a scholarship to Slade School of Fine Art where he studied until 1912. It was at the Slade he befriended fellow students Nevinson, Bomberg, Roberts and met Roger Fry, who lectured on Art History at the Slade. Wadsworth helped Fry in the Omega Workshop, and it was here that he met Wyndham Lewis and became associated with the Vorticist Group and did work for the ‘Blast’ magazine. During World War 1 Wadsworth served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and was engaged in camouflaging allied shipping and produced an outstanding series of dazzle-ship woodcuts. The first show of his woodcuts and drawings was held at the SWE in 1920 and his first solo show of paintings followed three years later at Leicester Galleries. Wadsworth became a member of the London Group in 1914, Group X in 1920, NEAC in 1921, Unit One in 1933 . He had exhibitions at: Adelphi Gallery 1919 (solo) He was an extensive traveller on the continent; made murals for the line Queen Mary in 1935 and published a series of books, including The Black Country. He died in London in 1949 and a memorial show was held in 1951 at the Tate Gallery, which holds his work and at Venice Biennale in 1952. A centenary show was held at Bradford City Art Gallery in 1989-90. |
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