Viaduct

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

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.

Places

England, Essex

Subjects

semi-figurative, landscape C20th, viaduct

Materials & Techniques

linocut, colour linocut

Artist

Michael Rothenstein (1908 - 1993)

Title

Viaduct

Edition

21/50

Date

1955

Medium

Colour linocut

Dimensions

height: 51.00 cm, width: 77.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Editions Alecto, May 1965

Inscription

bl: 21/50 ; bc: Michael Rothenstein

GAC number

7032