Bertha Lum

Kites

1908

Etching, signed in pencil (lower right), 51cm x 64.5cm (plate size) (81cm x 94cm framed). British painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and designer, the son of a Welsh architect who specialized in church furnishings and who was working in Belgium at the time of the boy's birth. In 1882–4 Brangwyn served an apprenticeship with William Morris, and like his master he was active in a variety of fields. He was an Official War Artist in the First World War, for example, he was one of the finest draughtsmen of the day and a skilful etcher and lithographer, and he made designs for a great range of objects (furniture, textiles, ceramics, glassware, jewellery, and so on); however, he became best known for his murals. His most famous undertaking in this field was a series of large panels on the theme of the British empire, commissioned by the House of Lords...

This (Street Scene) is undoubtedly O'Callahan's hometown of Rochester, NY, where he lived and spent most of his career. The artist's name appears in pencil at the bottom edge on the ...

This (Exotic Temple) is monogrammed in the plate at the lower right. A Rochester, New York native, Kevin O'Callahan studied at the Carnegie Institute and worked on the WPA. He is k...

This (Backyards with Snow) is monogrammed and dated in the plate at the lower right. The artist's name appears in pencil at the bottom edge on the reverse, in another hand. A Roches...

'Late Spring' is in all likelihood picturing the area around O'Callahan's hometown of Rochester, NY, where he lived and spent most of his career. It is signed, titled, and dated, in...

The title appears in pencil at the left bottom margin, in another hand. The print is monogrammed in the plate at the lower right. A Rochester native, Kevin O'Callahan studied at the...