Lionel Lindsay | Old Commissariat Stores, Circular Quay 1912 | SOLD
Old commissariat Stores, Circular Quay 1912
Etching printed in Brown ink on a cream wove paper
16 x 20.2 cm
Signed in pencil in the lower margin
A good impression of an old Sydney scene by Lindsay.
Framed in a timber mounding. in good stable condition
SOLD
Lionel Lindsay
Born: 1874 Victoria- Died: 1961 Sydney
A prolific graphic artist, watercolorist and writer. His printed works of Australian flora and fauna received worldwide accolades from contemporaries and critics. His finished woodcut prints were of such a high quality that Harold Wright (Colnaghi Gallery) wrote “He has approached, if not equalled, some of the best work of this type produced in Europe in the past quarter of a century”.
Lionel travelled widely, he was fluent in Spanish, had extensively travelled Europe and had visited North Africa and India. His opinion as an Art critic with the Melbourne ‘Herald’ was controversial and exciting, he provided great support in establishing Australian Modern artists, such as William Dobell.
He is widely regarded as the greatest Australian Printmaker.
His work is represented in all major institutions in Australia. A full collection of his woodcuts is held by the British Museum.
