PRINT REBELS: Haden, Palmer, Whistler and the Origins of the RE

SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR HADEN (1818 - 1910)

Breaking Up of The Agamemnon, No.1, 1870

original etching with drypoint

SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR HADEN (1818 - 1910)

Mytton Hall, 1859

drypoint

SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR HADEN (1818 - 1910)

Wareham Bridge, 1877

etching

PAUL DRURY PPRE  (1903-1987)

September, 1928

etching

BLAZE CYAN ARE

Burnham Beeches, 2017

etching

Inspired by Dorothy E G Woollard RWA RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“Dorothy Edith Griffiths Woollard RWA RE (1886-1986) and I may have lived 100 years apart but we have both been inspired by the same enduring trees and landscape at Burnham Beeches.”

EMIKO AIDA RE

Samuel's Moon, 2017

etching with gold leaf and fennel tea

Inspired by Samuel Palmer

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“There is a kind of picture which enchants viewers in a magical way; Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) had inherited this mystical quality through William Blake – they are British! Amazing!”

BREN UNWIN PPRE

Minsden: Tempo Rubato, 2017

intaglio etching on brass and relief etchings on copper and zinc

Inspired by JAM Whistler

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)’s exploration of time and musicality resonates with my own endeavours to reveal how experience, like music, unfolds over time.”

ANNE DESMET RA RE

RA Metamorphosis, 2017

lithograph

Inspired by John Heagan Eames RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“My friend, American artist-architect John (Jack) Heagan Eames RE (1900-2002) was taught etching by Robert Austin at the RCA in 1933; Jack inspired me by his draughtsmanship, sense of history, prodigious memory and joie-de-vivre.”

JASON HICKLIN RE

Moon over St Kilda after FS, 2017

etching and aquatint

Inspired by Frank Short RA PPRE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“Sir Frank Short RA PPRE (1857-1945) was a fellow West Midlander and etcher; walking on the island, I witnessed the moon over St Kilda and it immediately brought Frank Short's work to mind, together with a feeling of being a long way from home.”

FLORA MCLACHLAN RE

Eclogue 1: your pastures all choked by rushes and mire, 2017

etching

Inspired by Samuel Palmer

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)
“With etching-needle Palmer cast his dark nets;
Left a ‘thousand luminous eyes’ of light
To glitter under the harvest moon:
Now I shadow his fruitful Shoreham
With my Welsh mountain eclogues.”

JACKIE NEWELL RE

Down Under Manhattan Bridge, 2017

etching and aquatint

Inspired by Anne Desmet RA RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“The artist who has inspired me most is Anne Desmet RA RE (1964-). Over 20 years ago I returned from New York and was welcomed to the RE by Anne who, in the furtherance of printmaking, encouraged me to connect the RE with Manhattan Graphics Center, New York. Together we organized an exchange show of work between the societies and have since established professional relations across the pond.”

JOE WINKELMAN PPRE

Charon, 2017

etching, aquatint and engraving

Inspired by Frank Short RA PPRE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“The artist who inspired this piece was Sir Frank Short RA PPRE (1857-1945), our second president, who was skilled at creating space, volume and atmosphere through his masterful use of etching, aquatint and engraving; creating images depicting the natural or imagined world.”

LARS NYBERG RE

Hillside, 2017

drypoint

Inspired by Francis Seymour Haden CMG FRCS PPRE 

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

Sir Francis Seymour Haden CMG FRCS PPRE (1818-1910)
“Balance with a few searching lines.
Haden´s Windmill Hill
Short´s The Solway at Midday
Sara Sproule´s Winter Trees”

MYCHAEL BARRATT PRE

Samuel Palmer's Dog, 2017

mezzotint

Inspired by Samuel Palmer

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“I’ve always found the etchings of Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) elegiac and inspirational; I minded an Early Ploughman for a while but, sadly, my homage is going to be as close as I’ll get to owning one.”

NICK RICHARDS  ARE

Mirror, 2017

aquatint etching

Inspired by JAM Whistler

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
"I shut my eyes and dream of Whistler's ghost".

MEG DUTTON RE

Knot Print, Homage to Dürer, 2017

etching

Inspired by Albrecht Dürer

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“Around 1506 Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) produced a set of designs which he referred to as his knot prints, (after a set of engravings by the school of Leonardo Da Vinci), which he may have seen on an early trip to Italy.”

MELANIE BELLIS ARE

Scaffolding, 2017

etching

Inspired by Frank Brangwyn RA RWS RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“The inspirational, powerful etchings of Sir Frank Brangwyn RA ARWS RE PRBA (1857-1956) feature architecture, scenes of construction and a sense of wanting to capture a moment in time in a changing city.”  

ROS FORD  ARE

The Allotments, 2017

etching

Inspired by Anthony Gross CBE RA Hon RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“The etchings of Anthony Gross CBE RA ARWS HonRE (1905-1984) have inspired me since I began printmaking, particularly his use of line and mark and depiction of the everyday landscape.”

SUMI PERERA RE

Quadrature of the Circle (Unbuilding Blocks), 2017

etching, aquatint, embossing, thermochromic ink

Inspired by Charles Herbert Arthur Chaplin RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“My print is inspired by the monochromatic work of Charles Herbert Arthur Chaplin RE (1907-1987). Robert Austin, an eminent engraver himself, once said to him: ‘you teach me a little about engraving and I will teach you a little about art’.”

PAUL HAWDON RE

Landscape from lake Iseo, 2017

etching and engraving

Inspired by Anthony Gross CBE RA Hon RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

“The work of Anthony Gross CBE RA ARWS HonRE (1905-1984) introduced me to the infinite, expressive possibilities of line and mark-making, opening a world of emotional engagement with landscape and igniting a curiosity to explore, by visual means, our relationships with the world.”

JAMES TODD RE

Simon Brett - Portrait, 2017

wood engraving on Kitakata paper

Inspired by Simon Brett RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio (and featured in the box set)

"’I am always disappointed in my work when I see it alongside others’ [says] Simon Brett RE (1943-), humanist and one of the world's greatest wood engravers.”

GAIL BRODHOLT RE

London Bridge Underground, 2017

linocut

Inspired by Philip Thomas Langford Reeves RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“Philip Thomas Langford Reeves PPRSW RSA RE (1931-2017) portrays the gritty smoky station of the ‘50s. Mine is contemporary, brighter, but more streamlined and hygienic. Reeves’ figures are conformist, mine modernistically individual. Despite the temporal differences, basically we are the same; a metaphor for a changing London.”

FOUZIA ZAFAR RE

Arrangement in Black No.1, 2017

etching

Inspired by JAM Whistler

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“’All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness’ quotation from James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903).”

HILARY ADAIR RE

Whistler's Paint Pot, or fireworks on Minehead Beach, 2017

etching & aquatint

Inspired by JAM Whistler

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) became famous for his legal dispute with Ruskin, who accused him of ‘flinging a paint pot in the public’s face’ with his innovative semi-abstract work Falling Rocket. Whistler won, but was awarded one farthing for costs.”

HILARY DALTRY RE

The Old Coach House, 2017

etching on copper

Inspired by JAM Whistler

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

"I drew the Old Coach House in Islington, where I live, because it reminded me of the views James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) etched in Chelsea where I teach etching."

FRANS WESSELMAN RE

After Rembrandt: Hazel bathing, 2017

etching

Inspired by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

"I have always loved Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), the most humane and sensitive artist I know".

KAREN KEOGH RE

Low Tide, 2017

etching

Inspired by Julian Trevelyan RA RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“Julian Otto Trevelyan RA HonRE (1910-1988) wrote: ‘Many etchers of the past have been too clever by half, and forgotten that the medium is only a way to say something personal and significant’.”

MARGARET SELLARS RE

Running Repairs, 2017

etching

Inspired by Myra Kathleen Hughes RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“Looking through the RE Archives, I felt an unexpected affinity with the 1911 Diploma etching, Old Norwegian Bridge by Myra Kathleen Hughes RE (1877-1918), which immediately stands out amongst other more conventional prints of that period.”

MARGARET ASHMAN RE

In the Courtyard, 2017

photo etching

Inspired by Sir Frank Brangwyn RA RWS RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“This work pays tribute to Sir Frank Brangwyn RA ARWS RE PRBA (1867-1956), to whom I am related - we are seventh cousins, and his position as a leading light of the Arts and Crafts Movement.”

MICHELLE GRIFFITHS RE

Brothers in Law, 2017

screenprint

Inspired by JAM Whistler & Sir Francis Seymour Haden CMG FRCS PPRE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“Sir Francis Seymour Haden CMG FRCS PPRE (1818-1910) and James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), brothers-in-law and two of the greatest etchers of their day, were antagonists. Menpes' portrait of Whistler and Strang’s of Haden were the references for this print, in which I play with the idea of re-uniting the old rivals.”

JAMES BOYD BRENT RE

Graffiti Artist by the Kurth Co. Grain Elevator (after the Bellman), 2017

intaglio

Inspired by Samuel Palmer

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)’s etchings of quiet landscapes illuminated by moonlight suggest both peace and foreboding—since first seeing his work, I've been inspired in my own etchings to explore this apparent contradiction.“

KATHERINE JONES RE

Slope Your Body, 2017

etching and archival digitally printed Chine-colle

Inspired by Sir Francis Seymour Haden CMG FRCS PPRE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“Prompted by drawings of The Evelyn Tables – a set of anatomical preparations housed at the Royal College of Surgeons in London – Slope your Body is reminiscent of Sir Francis Seymour Haden CMG FRCS PPRE (1818-1910)'s dual career as both surgeon and etcher.”

SALLY MCLAREN RE

May Day, 2017

carborundum and drypoint

Inspired by Stanley William Hayter CBE OBE RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

Stanley William Hayter CBE HonRA HonRE (1901-1988)
“In the ‘60s I studied at Atelier 17 in Paris under the electrifying personality of Bill Hayter. That has had a lasting influence on my work.”

SASA MARINKOV RE

Pond 1, 2017

woodcut

Inspired by Samuel Palmer

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“The rhythms, patterns and mysteries of nature are what inspire me. Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) is my mentor.” 

SONIA MARTIN ARE

On the March, 2017

etching and aquatint

Inspired by Alan Sugden RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“Alan Sugden ARE (1902-1985)'s 1939 etching A Journey conveyed to me the courage of people in the face of struggle - as relevant now as it was then.”

PETER S SMITH RE

Sennen Cove for GW, 2017

Polymer engraving on Kitakaka paper

Inspired by Geoffrey Wales RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“Geoffrey Wales RE (1912-1990) became an RE in 1961. I admire his elegantly composed wood engravings which explore the abstract qualities of natural form with such clarity and imagination.” 

SHARON LEE ARE

Still Life with Daisy, 2017

lithograph, chine-colle

Inspired by Dame Elizabeth Blackadder DBE RA RSA RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“This work is inspired by Dame Elizabeth Blackadder DBE RA RSA RE (1931-)'s Still life with Iris; her compositions of spatial ambiguity have a feeling of calmness like that felt in a garden or temple. It is as if these objects, both natural and man-made, float on the picture plane with intent.”

PAUL CROFT RE

Character Building, 2017

Japanese vinyl and lithograph

Inspired by David Barker RE

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“For this print I selected the print: Basic Vocabulary: Tea Pot, 1994, by David Barker RE (1945-): David Barker opened my eyes to the world of printmaking, taught me how to teach and inspired a lifelong interest in China and Chinese.”

NANA SHIOMI RE

Twin Rhinos of Dürer, 2017

woodcut

Inspired by Albrecht Dürer

Part of the Print REbels Portfolio

“I invited Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)’s Rhinoceros to my printmaking world for this fabulous occasion; I picked up the format of the playing card, two of Spades, because the shape of Spade looks like Rhino’s view from its front (or back).”