Presentation: Framed
Wood engraving on paper Carter's woodblock has been framed with an original print signed by the artist Block: 4 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (9.5 x 11.5 cm). Print: 5 x 5 3/4 in. (12.5 x 14.5 cm).
Presentation: Framed
Wood engraving Block and print framed together Block: 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 cm). Print: 7 x 5 5/8 in. (17.6 x 14.4 cm).
Thumbnail panels:
Frederick Carter [blocks plates] 1883 - 1967
Painter and etcher born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He abandoned an early
career as a surveyor and engineer but studied art in Paris, 1904,
Antwerp, 1909-10 and London 1908-11, where he learnt his etching
techniques under Frank Short. He showed at the RA, ROI, NEAC and was
elected ARE in 1912. His artistic life before and after the World War I
was centred around the Fitzroy Street area of London, and the Dieppe
restaurant in Dean Street. He became a mystic symbolist artist,
involved with Aleister Crowley and worked on illustrations for D.H.
Lawrence's Apocalypse. He was also a friend of Austin Osman Spare and
helped with his theories of automatic drawing. From 1922 he taught
etching at Liverpool School of Art and during the 1930's he abandonnned
printmaking for writing but continued to paint until the late 1950's.
His work is in the collections of the BM and V&A. A retrospective
exhibition was held at the 20th Century Gallery, Fulham, London, 1998.
Richard Grenville Clark's 1998 publication Frederick Carter A.R.G.
1883-1967. A Study of his Etchings catalogues the artist's output and
examines each period of his career and techniques.