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Edmund Blampied
Ostend Horse
1926-27

About the Item

Ostend Horse. 1926-27. Drypoint. Appleby 125. 7 x 815/16 (sheet 9 1/8x 12 1/5). Proof B, apart from the edition 100. A rich impression with tonal wiping and drypoint burr, printed on 'J Whatman' cream laid paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed and annotated 'B' in pencil. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat, suitable for framing. Ostend a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke (West Flanders), Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast. Edmund Blampied was a painter, etcher, lithographer and sculptor. Born in 1886 to a family of three boys in St. Martin, Jersey, Blampied became interested in drawing at an early age. After visiting the studio of John Helier Lander in 1899, Blampied decided to make a career as an artist. In 1903 he went to London to attend Lambeth Art School, where he studied etching under Walter Seymour. In 1905, he joined the Daily Chronicle as an artist. In that year he was awarded a scholarship to Bolt Court Scool of Photo-engraving and Lithography. In 1912 he left the Chronicle and established his own studio. He earned a living by illustrating novels and short stories. In 1913, he had his first exhibition at the Leicester Gallery in London. The following year he married Marianne Van Abbé. During the 1920's, he became a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. During the 1920s Blampied became a member of the Royal Society of Painters-Etchers and Engravers and exhibited in London to critical acclaim. He produced a folio of comic drawings in the 1930s which was published in New York in 1934 and another that was published in London in 1936. The Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum published a mongraph on his work. His London exhibitions were highly successful. In 1938, he moved to Bulwarks, St.Aubin in Jersey, but at the onset of the Occupation, had to relocate to Route Orange, St. Brelade. remained there throughout World War II during the German Occupation, despite the fact that his wife was Jewish. During the Occupation he designed bank notes and a set of postage stamps for the States of Jersey. After the War and the end of the Occupation he continued to live and work in Jersey. In 1966, he died at the age of 80. He was a member of: Royal Society of British Artists, 1938 Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers, 1921

Creator:
Edmund Blampied (1886-1966, British)
Creation Year:
1926-27
Dimensions:
Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Medium:
Drypoint,Etching
Movement & Style:
Modern
Period:
1920-1929
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Storrs, CT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU33521274163
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