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Valerie ThorntonBodleian Library, University of Oxford 20th century etching by Valerie Thornton1983
1983
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Valerie Thornton (1931-1991)
Bodleian Quadrangle, Oxford (1983)
Etching
24 x 35 cm
Numbered 13/75 lower left, titled below, and signed and dated lower right, all in pencil.
A very good example of Thornton's recognisable and unusual etching style. Her work is deeply concerned with material, and many of her etchings focus on eroded stone, emotive landscapes, and weathered architecture. Here, Thornton draws out the exceptional texture of the Bodleian Library's local stone.
Valerie Thornton was a British etcher and printmaker. She was born in London, but was evacuated to Canada with her two brothers during World War II. She returned to London in 1944 and studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art in 1949. From 1950 to 1953 Thornton studied under P.F. Millard at the Regent Street Polytechnic, then spent eight months at Atelier 17 in Paris. In the early 1960s, she moved to New York and worked at Pratt Graphic Art Center. In 1955, she succeeded Howard Hodgkin as assistant art teacher at Charterhouse School and in 1965 she became a founding member of the Print Makers Council. In 1970 she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painters-Etchers and Engravers.
Thornton was a member of The Regent Street Group (a group of nine artists who studied together at the Regent Street Polytechnic in the early 1950s). The group also included Susan Horsfield, Renate Meyer, Michael Lewis, Ken Symonds, Philip Le Bas, and Peter Riches.
Thornton's work is included in a number of major public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, and the Tate. Thornton died in 1991 in Chelsworth, Suffolk.
- Creator:Valerie Thornton (1931 - 1991)
- Creation Year:1983
- Dimensions:Height: 9.45 in (24 cm)Width: 13.78 in (35 cm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
- Condition:Generally very good.
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU795312263712
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