Le Coucher du Soleil Romantique – Baudelaire

Michael Rothenstein (1908 - 1993)

Colour woodcut and linocut with accompanying text

1972

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France
  • About the artist
    Michael Rothenstein was born in London, the youngest son of the painter Sir William Rothenstein. Michael’s early career began as a landscape watercolourist, but he developed into one of the foremost printmakers of his generation. In the 1920s he studied at the Chelsea and Central Schools of Art in London; but up to 1940 he suffered a debilitating illness that impeded his work. In 1940 he was commissioned by The Pilgrim Trust to produce records of areas in Britain for the Recording Britain project. After the foundation of his studio in Essex, he established a career as a print maker who mastered numerous techniques, from linocuts to screen printing and etching. His work was exhibited and published internationally, including shows in New York, Tokyo and Vienna. In 1977 he was elected President of the Printmakers Council, and in 1983 was elected a Royal Academician. He died in Braintree, Essex at the age of eighty-five.
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    Subjects
    Baudelaire, Charles Pierre, poetry, sunset, sun, moon
    Materials & Techniques
    text work, linocut, woodcut, colour woodcut, text
  • Details
    Artist
    Michael Rothenstein (1908 - 1993)
    Title
    Le Coucher du Soleil Romantique – Baudelaire
    Portfolio Title
    Suns and Moons
    Edition
    71/85
    Date
    1972
    Medium
    Colour woodcut and linocut with accompanying text
    Dimensions
    height: 55.30 cm, width: 36.90 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Business Art Galleries, July 1978
    Inscription
    below image, br: Michael Rothenstein
    GAC number
    13874