Piper, John: Scotney Castle (IV) – SOLD

£750.00

From the series of 6 etchings portraying the castle, each with an edition size of 50, signed and numbered in pencil in the margin.

Scotney Castle is an English country house with formal gardens south east of Lamberhurst in the valley of the River Bewl in Kent. The central feature is the ruins of a medieval, moated manor house, Scotney Old Castle, which is on an island on a small lake.

More images can be provided on request.


Artist: John Piper, (British, 1903-1992)


Title and date: Scotney Castle IV, 1982, (Levinson 346)


Size: 21.3 x 40.6 cms.


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Description

Artist description:

Born in Epsom, John Egerton Christmas Piper studied at Richmond School of Art and the Royal College of Art from 1926-8. In the mid 1930s, after a visit to Paris, he turned to abstraction. He became a member of the London Group in 1933 and the ‘Seven and Five’ group in 1934-5. During this period he became friends with Oliver Simon of the Curwen Press and his interest in lithography and print making grew. During the Second World War, Piper was appointed as an official war artist recording the effects of the blitz on Britain’s buildings. After the war, he became a Trustee of the Tate and National Galleries and in 1959 he became a member of the Royal Fine Art Commission. Piper is best known for his extensive studies of British architecture and landscape in oil, watercolour and print, and for his photography, stained glass, ceramics, fabric design, murals, stage sets and costume design. His work is held in many Museums and Galleries.