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Anthony Gross BIOGRAPHY
1905 - 1984. Known for: Painting, etching, engraving, lithography.
The painter-etcher Anthony Gross was one of the outstanding print-makers of his generation. Between 1920 and the year of his death, he produced about 400 etchings, engravings and lithographs, and... Read full biography
The painter-etcher Anthony Gross was one of the outstanding print-makers of his generation. Between 1920 and the year of his death, he produced about 400 etchings, engravings and lithographs, and many marvelous book illustrations. The subjects of his work form an almost continuous record of his... Read full biography
The painter-etcher Anthony Gross was one of the outstanding print-makers of his generation. Between 1920 and the year of his death, he produced about 400 etchings, engravings and lithographs, and many marvelous book illustrations. The subjects of his work form an almost continuous record of his early travels in Europe and North Africa, and his later periods of residence in England and France, as well as his years as War Artist. The development of his highly personal vision can be traced from... Read full biography
The painter-etcher Anthony Gross was one of the outstanding print-makers of his generation. Between 1920 and the year of his death, he produced about 400 etchings, engravings and lithographs, and many marvelous book illustrations. The subjects of his work form an almost continuous record of his early travels in Europe and North Africa, and his later periods of residence in England and France, as well as his years as War Artist. The development of his highly personal vision can be traced from the early French, Spanish and North African landscapes in the manner of Rembrandt, through the linear work of the 1930s, to his almost abstract post-war work and the later engraved scenes of life in rural France and urban London. In 1926, with his... Read full biography
The painter-etcher Anthony Gross was one of the outstanding print-makers of his generation. Between 1920 and the year of his death, he produced about 400 etchings, engravings and lithographs, and many marvelous book illustrations. The subjects of his work form an almost continuous record of his early travels in Europe and North Africa, and his later periods of residence in England and France, as well as his years as War Artist. The development of his highly personal vision can be traced from the early French, Spanish and North African landscapes in the manner of Rembrandt, through the linear work of the 1930s, to his almost abstract post-war work and the later engraved scenes of life in rural France and urban London. In 1926, with his classmate at the Academie Julian, William S. Hayter, Gross learned engraving, etching and other printing techniques from Joseph Hecht... Read full biography
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The painter-etcher Anthony Gross was one of the outstanding print-makers of his generation. Between 1920 and the year of his death, he produced about 400 etchings, engravings and lithographs, and many marvelous book illustrations.
The subjects of his work form an almost continuous record of his early travels in Europe and North Africa, and his later periods of residence in England and France, as well as his years as War Artist.
The development of his highly personal vision can be traced from the early French, Spanish and North African landscapes in the manner of Rembrandt, through the linear work of the 1930s, to his almost abstract post-war work and the later engraved scenes of life in rural France and urban London. I...But wait, there's more...
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