~ SIR FRANK SHORT ~
~ SIR FRANK SHORT ~
Sir Frank Short was one of the most innovative and influential British printmakers of his time, and his remarkable prints need to be reevaluated. As head of the first engraving school at the Royal College of Art, and later as President of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, Short had a significant influence on British printmaking. He is credited with the revival of the art of mezzotint and aquatint in England, largely because of his series of J.M. W. Turner's watercolor drawings of the Liber Studiorum. Yet it is his original graphic work drawn directly from nature that is his most inspired and creative. Short made well over a hundred etchings and drypoints in a more traditional British manner, but his outstanding mezzotints and aquatints deserve more attention. His romantic, contemplative landscapes usually depict the low-lying fields, hills, lakes and coasts of England. His atmospheric nocturnes reveal an affinity with his friend Whistler.
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| SIR FRANK SHORT British (1857-1945).
Mount Rigi at Dawn, 1910. Hardie 94. Mezzotint, with additions in white gouache, on chine appliqué. Price on request. |
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