Norman Hirst Signed Mezzotint Of Arundel 1924
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:180019 | Age: 1924 |
| Type: mezzotint | Maker: Norman Hirst |
| Country/Region of Origin: uk | Material: paper |
| Original/Repro: Original |
Arundel1920 Mezzotint signed by the artist
NormanHirst (1862-1956).Printmaker and painter, born in Liverpool, who in1885 took up a two-year scholarship at Herkomer's School in Bushey, where he remained until 1895. Later lived on the south coast, notablyat Seaford, Sussex. While in Bushey Hirst learned his engraving andmezzotint skills at the fine art printing studios of H T Cox, andafter he moved he continued to use the studios for mezzotinting, atwhich he was an expert. His reputat...ion was mainly as a mezzotintengraver of works by Gainsborough, Lawrence, Watteau and Romney, andin 1917 he was called as an expert witness in a notable court case inwhich an attribution was disputed. (Hirst's opinion that the work wasnot by Romney was eventually borne out.) Hirst was made an associateof the RE in 1931. Frost & Reed published his works Sea Melodiesand Capture and Agnew The Mall and Gamme d'Amour. Showed extensivelyat RA, also at Fine Art Society, Abber Gallery and RI, but a lack ofinterest in original mezzotints after World War II prompted Hirst'sexecutors to burn most of his studio collection. Some of whatremained was exhibited in Three Bushey Artists by the Bushey MuseumTrust in 1991. paper size measures 31.5 cm x 40 cm
NormanHirst (1862-1956).Printmaker and painter, born in Liverpool, who in1885 took up a two-year scholarship at Herkomer's School in Bushey, where he remained until 1895. Later lived on the south coast, notablyat Seaford, Sussex. While in Bushey Hirst learned his engraving andmezzotint skills at the fine art printing studios of H T Cox, andafter he moved he continued to use the studios for mezzotinting, atwhich he was an expert. His reputat...ion was mainly as a mezzotintengraver of works by Gainsborough, Lawrence, Watteau and Romney, andin 1917 he was called as an expert witness in a notable court case inwhich an attribution was disputed. (Hirst's opinion that the work wasnot by Romney was eventually borne out.) Hirst was made an associateof the RE in 1931. Frost & Reed published his works Sea Melodiesand Capture and Agnew The Mall and Gamme d'Amour. Showed extensivelyat RA, also at Fine Art Society, Abber Gallery and RI, but a lack ofinterest in original mezzotints after World War II prompted Hirst'sexecutors to burn most of his studio collection. Some of whatremained was exhibited in Three Bushey Artists by the Bushey MuseumTrust in 1991. paper size measures 31.5 cm x 40 cm
