Jeunesse Dorée (Kathleen Nancy Woodward). (Gilded Youth.)

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Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Jeunesse Dorée (Kathleen Nancy Woodward). (Gilded Youth.)
1942

About the Item

Fletcher 80. 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 (sheet 14 1/4 x 11). Edition 75 in this state (there was also 1 trial and 4 proofs in state I; 2 trials and 2 proofs in state II; and 2 proofs of state 3, plus 4 proofs of the canceled plate) . very rich impression with subtle plate tone, printed on antique cream laid paper with full margins. Signed and dated in pencil. Housed in a 22 3/8 x 20 3/8 Italianate style black and gold wood frame. The etching is based upon a drawing and a painting in the Royal Academy. The subject is the artist's second wife, who is the portrait in his iconic etching, Adolescence. After attending the Birmingham School of Art, the artist entered the Royal Academy Schools in London, where he received the Gold Medal and Traveling Scholarship in 1913. The award allowed him to visit Paris and Italy, where he studied works by early Italian painters. From 1915 to 1919, the artist lived in Ireland, where he met painter Augustus John, whose painting style was influenced by contemporary French art's simplicity of color and forms. In 1919 he returned to England for his first significant gallery exhibition. During the 1920's the artist became an etcher, focusing primarily on female portraits and using his wife as his model. Coolness, technical perfection, and overt classicism mark both his printmaking style and his painting manner. By 1930he had returned to painting with a new teenage model, Dorette Woodard, whom he later married. His haunting portraits of her opened the door to fame and fortune, and he became a fashionable portrait painter; his stated goal was to capturing appearance, not character. His sitters included J. Paul Getty, Marlene Dietrich, and the Duchess of Windsor. In 1939, at the height of his success, the artist t settled in the United States. Gerald Brockhurst is best known for his portraits and etchings of glamorous women. Regarded from the age of twelve as a young Botticelli, he studied in England, France and Italy. Brockhurst's placement of a portrait within a surrounding landscape, recalls the work of Italian Renaissance masters, as there is a sense of mystery and the unknown, which separates the viewer from the sitters. Brockhurst's sitters are given extra emphasis by their surroundings and are usually composed close-up, looking straight at you, positioned in shallow space, against a ledge, or against a blank background. By changing the pose, setting or costume he could seemingly transform the model into an entirely different person. To add to the shroud of mystery and romance of the image, and to encourage the imagination of the viewer, the artist would attach exotic titles such as, Ophelia, Xenia and Anaïs. In the UK in the 1930's and later in New York, Brockhurst became a fashionable portrait painter with famous sitters including Marlene Dietrich and the Duchess of Windsor. In retrospect he is regarded as an impressive portraitist and printmaker.

Creator:
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890 - 1978, English)
Creation Year:
1942
Dimensions:
Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Medium:
Drypoint,Etching
Movement & Style:
Old Masters
Period:
1940-1949
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Storrs, CT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU33521862953

Jeunesse Dorée (Kathleen Nancy Woodward). (Gilded Youth.)

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