Pier Head

Location

Country: UK
City: England
Place: Manchester, DCMS Hub

Artist and Printmaker Helena Markson was born in London in 1934. She studied at Salisbury School of Art and then at Central School of Art (1952-56). From 1963-1966 she co-directed the first open Fine Art Printmaking Workshop in London at Charlotte Street. She set up the etching studio at Byam Shaw School of Painting, London and also taught at Chelsea College of Art and St Martin's School of Art, London. She moved to Israel in 1970 where she co-founded the Art Department at the University of Haifa and later set up the Fine Art Print Studios. She taught both lithography and etching and became Professor Emeritus of Haifa University.

Places

England, Liverpool, Merseyside

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, river bank, river, warehouse, church, dome, tower, ship

Materials & Techniques

etching, aquatint

Artist

Helena Markson (1934 - 2012)

Title

Pier Head

Portfolio Title

Liverpool Suite

Edition

27/100

Date

1964-1965

Medium

Etching and suager-lift aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Editions Alecto, 1966

Inscription

below image: 27/100 / Pier Head / Helena Markson

GAC number

7492