Sir Muirhead Bone
Evening, Port of Genoa
1916

Name: Evening, Port of Genoa
Brand: Sir Muirhead Bone
Price: 760 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Evening, Port of Genoa. 1915. Drypoint. Dodgson 337.i/v. 7 5/8 x 9 15/16 (sheet 9 1/8 x 14). Edition of 45 in five states. An exceptionally rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on antique cream-laid paper. A rare proof of the first state. Signed and annotated 'I' in pencil. Muirhead Bone was born in Partick, a suburb of Glasgow in 1876. As a young man, he was apprenticed to a firm of architects and in the evenings attended classes at the Glasgow School of Art. Aware his vocation was art, and not architecture, he devoted his time almost exclusively to drawing. He continually sketched the streets, buildings, and slums of Glasgow imbuing the urban decay with a dignity and sentiment he so admired in the work of the Dutch artists whose townscapes he had studied in the Glasgow Corporation Art Galleries. Bone moved to London in 1901, holding his first exhibition at the Carfax Gallery in 1902. His success both critically and financially was rapid. His status as an etcher in the early years of the last century placed him among the worlds most celebrated artists. It is not an exaggeration to say that his international reputation among collectors and the curators of the 'Great Print Rooms' of Europe and America was without parallel. He was appointed the first Official War Artist in World War I and was the doyen of War Artists in the Second World War. He was instrumental in the foundation of The Imperial War Museum, and became a Trustee of The Tate and The National Gallery. He was knighted for his services to art in 1937.

Creator:

Sir Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953, Scottish)

Creation Year:

1916

Dimensions:

Height: 7.63 in (19.39 cm)Width: 9.94 in (25.25 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)

Medium:

Drypoint

Movement & Style:

Modern

Period:

1910-1919