Large Armchair

Location

Country: Belgium
City: Brussels
Place: British Embassy, UK representation to the EU & UK delegation to NATO

A large, comfortable-looking mid-twentieth century velvet armchair with tassels is the subject of this etching with aquatint. Its base is set against a darker rectangular area that suggests an architectural plane – in this case, the floor.

Speaking of his work, Terence Millington stated:

My images are drawn from the familiar, commonplace subjects. I consider each as a separate entity with a particular ingredient rather like a portrait.

Born in 1942, Terence Millington studied painting at the Birmingham College of Art in the 1960s where he was awarded the Jackson Travelling Scholarship. He later undertook a postgraduate course in printmaking at Manchester College of Art. He established an etching workshop in 1970 and his first colour etchings were published by Editions Alecto. He has taught courses in the graphic arts at Birmingham, Bath, Leeds and St Albans’ Schools of Art. Millington's aquatints and engravings have been exhibited widely, and his work can be found in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Tate Collection and the Arts Council of Great Britain.

Places

Subjects

armchair

Materials & Techniques

etching, aquatint

Artist

Terence Millington (1942 - )

Title

Large Armchair

Edition

74/75

Date

1972

Medium

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions

height: 68.50 cm, width: 86.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Waddington Galleries, February 1977

Inscription

below image: 74/75 / Terence Millington

GAC number

12956