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Robin Tanner Art

British, 1904-1988

Robin Tanner was an English artist, etcher and printmaker, born in the UK, in 1904. He followed in the visionary tradition of Samuel Palmer and English neo-romanticism. His etchings began following night-school classes at Goldsmiths College, London. Tanner had been inspired by the major Samuel Palmer retrospective exhibition organized by Martin Hardie in London in 1926, and his first etching was made in that year. He was particularly moved by Palmer's early Shoreham works which had been so influential on fellow students such as Paul Drury, William Larkins and Graham Sutherland. Tanner also acknowledged his admiration for the technical craftsmanship of the older etcher, F.L. Griggs. Tanner was thus part of the etching revival in England.

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Artist: Robin Tanner
Full Moon, Robin Tanner signed artist etching
By Robin Tanner
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Full Moon Etching by Robin Tanner (1904-1988), signed by the artist in pencil. Very good, strong impression with excellent contrast. From the edition issued in 1977. Robin Tanner’...
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1970s English School Robin Tanner Art

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Etching

The Old Road: Elegy for the English Elm I, Robin Tanner signed artist etching
By Robin Tanner
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
The Old Road: Elegy for the English Elm I Etching by Robin Tanner (1904-1988), signed by the artist in pencil. Very good, strong impression with excellent contrast. From the editio...
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1970s English School Robin Tanner Art

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Etching

Alington in Wiltshire (The First Swallow).
By Robin Tanner
Located in Storrs, CT
Alington in Wiltshire (The First Swallow). 1927. Etching. Garton 2.iv. 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 (sheet 10 1/2 x 13 1/2). Final state published by in an editon of 12 by Garton & Cooke in 1982 (Nicolson published an edition of 40 in 1927). In states iii and iv, the swallow of the title was removed. In state iv, the sky was re-etched and the cross-hatching was slightly finer. Signed in pencil. Garton writes, page 11: "The design was based on the Anglican chapel-of-ease is the farmyard of Bulisge at Allinston near Chippenham....The print was originally entitled The First Swallow, but the swallow was burnished out before the 1927 edition....Fifty years later new work was effected in the worn-out areas of the sky and distance to produce prints which, in his opinion, were better than those of the original edition." Robin Tanner was an English artist, etcher, and printmaker. He followed the visionary tradition of Samuel Palmer and English neo-romanticism. His etchings began following night-school classes at Goldsmiths College, London. He had been inspired by the major Samuel Palmer retrospective exhibition organized by Martin Hardie...
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1920s Modern Robin Tanner Art

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Etching

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