Merseyside

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

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, house, church, tower

Materials & Techniques

etching, aquatint

Artist

Helena Markson (1934 - 2012)

Title

Merseyside

Edition

4/100

Date

Medium

Etching and aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from London Graphic Arts Associates, January 1970

Inscription

below image: 4/100 / Merseyside / Helena Markson

GAC number

8612