Warlow (Herbert Gordon) ARE, ARIBA.
Les Cornards de Rouen,
£120
, , 1936.
Herbert Gordon Warlow (1885-1942) was born in Sheffield, and first attended art school in the city. Over time he became one of the most highly skilled practitioners in the etching revival of the early 20th century. Aside from being elected an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, he was also an Associate of the Royal Society of British Architects, an interest that often dominated his compositions.
This is a particularly animated scene, enlivening Warlow’s meticulous detailing of Rouen’s medieval architecture with the drunken revelry of the traditional costume pageant organised by the Confrerie des Cornards from the 14th to the 17th centuries, that ran from the end of January and culminated on Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras..
160 by 110mm (6¼ by 4¼ inches).
extensively worked and finely detailed etching, on pale cream laid paper, signed and inscribed in pencil, lower right, titled lower left and on verso with further exhibition address at 14 Grafton St, Bond St, London W1, initialled and dated in the plate, upper right, small losses to upper sheet corners, well outside the plate,
| Dimensions | 16011064 cm |
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| Dimensions | 160 by 110mm (6¼ by 4¼ inches). |
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