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Description: | AU Signed in pencil and numbered 5/30 CRE FREETH, Peter; (English; born 1938) Peter Freeth studied at the Slade School in London. Since 1966 he has taught printmaking at the Royal Academy Schools. He won the Prix de Rome in Engraving in 1960, and Italy became from that point became one his principal sources of inspiration. He rapidly developed a way of using the aquatint technique that has become an essential part of his voice as an artist. He offsets wet proofs back on to the plate to create quite particular tonal effects. As well as his innovative use of the medium, Freeth has made a very individual exploration, using only tone, of images (shells, mummified heads, animal bones) that show an artist's approach to the contents of museums. He creates rather unusual and objective imagery, in some cases rather like x-ray photographs. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | HEAD : PORTRAIT : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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