John Copley
John Copley
British , 1875 - 1950
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Lacrosse Players, 1936

By John Copley
'It is an image more about atmosphere than narrative, a ghostly depiction of characters engaged not so much in sport, but some elemental battle.'
Lacrosse Players
    • Etching • Signed • 34.5cm x 25.2cm
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    John Copley
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    British , 1875 - 1950
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    Copley was born in Manchester in 1875.He studied art at the Manchester School of Art and the Royal Academy. He spent ten years in Italy before moving to London. In 1909 Copley and Joseph Pennell started the Senefelder Club to publicise and promote lithography as an artistic medium. Copley was honorary secretary of the club until 1916. During this time he met the French-English artist Ethel Léontine Gabain and the couple married in June 1913. Copley was influenced by Ford Madox Brown. He became interested in lithography in 1906 and initially worked in colour before exclusively working in black and white.
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    Lacrosse Players
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    Signed etching, 1936.
    Copley revisited his 1910 lithograph of the same subject matter reworking it as an etching with virtually identical composition.
    'But this image, generally regarded as the first
    modern British print,...an extraordinary action scene with two diagonally placed figures, blurred and distorted in their movement. There is little sense of them being part of a larger game. It is an image
    more about atmosphere than narrative, a ghostly depiction of characters engaged not so much in sport, but some elemental battle, reminiscent of William Blake.' David Whiting, Goldmark 2022

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    • MEDIUM Etching
    • DATE OF WORK 1936
    • HEIGHT (CM) 34.5
    • WIDTH (CM) 25.2
    • ORIENTATION Portrait
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