b/w engraving
1929
7 x 8 1/2 inches
edition: 85
signed in pencil
Meyrick and Heuser 187,
It’s Paris on the banks of the Seine where “the hair dresser plying his profession which he was wont to pursue amidst luxurious surroundings as one of its aristocrats now so humbly al frescoe by the riverside………..His superior manner and artistry make their impression on the waiting client watching his operations.” This image was illustrated in Fine Prints of the Year, 1929
As a student at the Royal College in 1909, Stanley Anderson was taught etching by Sir Frank Short RA. Short was both a practitioner of and keen advocate of the Whistlerian etched line. Whistler had died in 1903 and his presence was keenly felt among etchers of the day. His influence upon Anderson is evidenced in the calligraphic line, plate tone, composition, and chiaroscuro. Anderson responded to the socio-economic changes he observed as, within a mere quarter century, the British Empire of his youth was transformed into a nation scarred by two world wars. His painstakingly wrought prints reveal that every line or mark serves a purpose. Stanley Anderson Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné by Robert Meyrick and Harry Heuser was published by the Royal Academy of Arts.
