Wilfred Fairclough

Wilfred Fairclough, Orchestra At The Royal Opera House, Etching

1972

This stylish set of four early 20th-century French heliogravures depict various combinations of bedroom furniture from the period. They were published by Paul & Vigier and provide an...

This late-19th-century etching by German draughtsman Albert Kruger (b. 1858) is after a painting by Max Liebermann (1847-1935). The rhythmical monotony of the spinners, organised like a rigid machine, echoes through the low barn. Youths, hunched by square windows, wind flax onto spindles. While women stand in clogged feet, working tirelessly with aching bones. Liebermann captured their daily grind with aplomb, avoiding sentiment in favour of laborious reality. Yet, amid this harsh environment, he celebrates their efforts. The composition conveys determination with its lines and strong verticals while the atmosphere is one of steel rather than tortuous circumstance. Liebermann was a realist yet he found light among the ordinary. Originally published in The Art Journal...

This fine late 19th-century etching by British artist Henry Robert Robertson (1839-1921) depicts a couple worshipping a shrine to the Virgin Mary at sea. The original painting was ex...

This late 19th-century mixed-method engraving by George Sidney Hunt (1856-1917) after Edwin Long RA (1829-1891) is one in a series of three depicting the Old Testament story of Jephthah. Here, we see Jephthah’s daughter contemplating her fate during a two-month sojourn in the wilderness. The heart-rending story of Jephthah captured Victorian minds and inspired artist Edwin Long to produce three exhibition pieces, which are now held at the Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum. Prior to a fearsome battle with the Ammonites, Jephthah, a leader in Isreal, committed a vow to God that he’d make a sacrifice if his armies were triumphant. “whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering...

This early 20th-century drawing by German artist Richard Wintzer (1866-1952) depicts a lady standing before a bathing machine. It’s a risque portrayal ...

This late 19th-century watercolour by English artist Henry Towneley Green (1836-1899) depicts two smartly attired gentlemen immersed in a fascinating book within a study interior. Th...

Original stipple engraving with colors titled “Les Revers de la Fortune” (Reversal of Fortune) by the well known French engraver, Louis Marin Bonnet...

Four hand colored etchings and aquatints depicting interiors within English royal residences, including "The Blue Velvet Room at Carlton House", "The Queen's Library at Frogmore", "T...

Finely balanced etching by Benjamin Vasserman (Estonian, b 1949). A squash sits atop a small black box with a latch. There is a drapery behind the squa...

Etching on light yellow cream laid paper with deckle edges, full margins. Inscribed in the image "Library of the Grolier Club, Demonstration Plate, Drawn, Etched and Printed in a Li...

Moody depiction of a press by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). This piece is dark and saturated, giving the impression that the press is located in a dark room. The press is d...

Clean, modern depiction of glasses of water on books by Ellen Ezorsky (American, b. 1956). Three glasses of water are sitting atop a few stacked books. While this piece is executed in black and white, Ezorsky has achieved a wide tonal range between the shadows and highlights, bringing the scene to life. Of particular note is the way she has captured the reflections in the water and the light that the glasses cast on the surfaces below them. Numbered, titled, signed, and dated along the bottom edge: 9/20 Water Glasses Ellen Ezorsky 11/81 Presented in a new white mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 20"H x 16"W Paper size: 15"H x 10.75"W Ellen Ezorsky (b. 1956) was born in New York City. After graduating from highschool in New Jersey, she attended State University of New York at Purchase before moving to California. In California, she attended Cabrillo College in 1977 and ’78 before spending two years at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Ezorsky then returned to the west coast to attend and graduate from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in Studio Art. She then earned her MFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. Since graduating, Ezorsky has exhibited extensively and her paintings have been acquired for many private collections across the country. EXHIBITIONS 2005: MYTH, DREAM AND FANTASY; Juried show, Gallery 1581, Boston Graduate School for Psychoanalysis, MA 2002: ACTION/REACTION; Juried show, The Art Gallery at U.N.H.; Durham, NH 2001: THE ABSTRACTED IMAGE; Juried show, The Firehouse Art Center Gallery, Newburyport, MA 2001: UNFRAMED AND OUT OF THE BOX; Brickbottom Gallery; Somerville, MA 2000: HALLOWED GROUNDS; Juried show presented by the International Society, Tremont Street Gallery; Boston, MA 2000: SANCTUARY; 10th Annual International Women's Day Exhibit, Rothschild Gallery; Cambridge, MA 1999: SANCTUARY; 9th Annual International Women's Day Exhibit, Bunting Institute; Cambridge, MA 1998: SANCTUARY; 8th Annual International Women's Day Exhibit, Bunting Institute; Cambridge, MA 1997: Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Exhibition; Boston, MA 1996: PET PAINTINGS; Bernard Toale Gallery; Boston, MA 1996: FIRST ARTS/COLORS; Dudley House Arts Foundation, Harvard University; Cambridge, MA 1995: FIRST ARTS/COLORS; Dudley House Arts Foundation, Harvard University; Cambridge, MA 1994: ORDINARY THINGS, EXTRAORDINARY PERSPECTIVES; Cambridge Arts Council; MA 1993: The Jewish Community Center on the Palisades; Tenafly, NJ. (Solo Show) 1992-93: Jon Taner Gallery; Westwood, NJ 1991: JURY EXPOSITION; Synchronicity Space; New York, NY 1991: Bergen Museum of Arts & Science Juried Exhibition; Paramus, NJ 1990: The Stable Arts Center; Ridgewood. NJ 1989: San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibition; San Francisco, CA 1989: Prager & Co. Corporate Offices; San Francisco, CA 1988: Diego Rivera Gallery; San Francisco, CA 1998: Walter/McBean Gallery; San Francisco, CA 1987: Artists' Liaison Competition; Santa Monica, CA (Honorable Mention) 1986: Studio One; Oakland, CA 1985: The Point Gallery; San Francisco, CA 1985: 13th ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION, Hill County Arts Foundation; Ingram, TX 1985: 7th ANNUAL DESERT WEST JURIED ART SHOW, Antelope...