Gross, Anthony: Louisiana Landscape – SOLD
Original price was: £650.00.£350.00Current price is: £350.00.
One of the most magical of Anthony Gross’s lithographs, this is a simply beautiful work. ‘Louisiana Landscape’ is the second print in the Third Series of ‘Lithographs by Contemporary Artists’, one of the ‘Lyons Lithographs’ published by J.Lyons in 1954, signed in the plate and also hand signed in pencil, framed.
Between 1946 and 1955, Lyons commissioned three series of prints, 40 in total, for display in Lyons Teashops, and which offered an overview of post-war Britain as seen by almost all of the period’s most renowned artists.
More images can be provided on request.
Artist: Anthony Gross, (British, 1905-1984)
Title and date: Louisiana Landscape, 1954
Size: 47.0 x 72.2 cms.
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Artist description:
Born in Dulwich, Anthony Gross attended then taught at the Slade School of Fine Art and also studied at the Académie Julian and École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Gross, together with his long-time friend and colleague Stanley William Hayter, studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in 1925-26. During this time, both artists learned engraving from Polish printmaker Joseph Hecht. Hayter later went on to found Atelier 17 in Paris. After studying in Madrid and Paris, Gross settled in France, working on oils, watercolours, and printmaking. During World War II he held a post as Official War Artist in Egypt, Burma, and India, capturing scenes of daily life, and was in the D-Day landings with the 50th division. His prolific career resulted in a fine body of over 400 etchings, many of which cover life in France.