Dreams II “Waiting”

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

John Brunsdon went to Cheltenham College of Art (1949-53) and then the Royal College of Art, London, (1955–58), where he studied printmaking with Julian Trevelyan. He later became Head of Printmaking at St Alban's School of Art. He is a member of the Printmakers Council and author of The Technique of Etching and Engraving (1965). He exhibited at a number of galleries in the 1960s and 1970s. Later commissions include A Celebration of Shakespearean Properties for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1990. His work is represented in public collections including the Arts Council; the British Council, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Places

Subjects

rest/sleep, abstract, night, wind, moon, figure (gender nonspecific), dream, window, domestic interior, cabinet, curtain, light bulb, bed, pillow, bedroom

Materials & Techniques

etching, colour etching, aquatint

Artist

John Reginald Brunsdon (1933 - 2014)

Title

Dreams II “Waiting”

Edition

7/50

Date

Medium

Colour etching and aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from London Graphic Arts Associates, January 1970

Inscription

below image: Dreams II 'Waiting' / 7/50 / John Brunsdon

GAC number

8599