Robert Houston RWS, Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland – early C20th etching print

Robert Houston RWS Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland

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An original early 20th-century etching print, Robert Houston RWS, Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland.

A beautifully tranquil image by Robert Houston RSW (1881–1942). Characteristically, Houston uses a strong sense of form, dark and light, to give power to his subject.

Robert Houston RSW (1881–1942) was born in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire and studied at Glasgow School of Art. He specialised in landscapes of the coasts and lochans of the west of Scotland and western isles. He was also a noted aquatintist and designed and executed railway posters, which particularly suited his sense of design and use of solid colour.

Houston was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1936. He exhibited widely, showing at the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours, and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.

On wove paper.

Plate size: 9.7 x 13.8cm. Sheet size: 14.4 x 23cm.

Etching Revival: Early 20th-century British & American Prints

This etching is one of a wonderful collection of original prints that we have for sale representing the Etching Revival period in Britain and the USA in the early 20th century.

The Etching Revival redefined the medium and brought a shift in etching style during the period approximately from 1850 to 1930. The revival's origins can be traced to France in the 1830s and 40s. Renewed interest had begun in London from as early as 1838 with the founding of The Etching Club by Charles West Cope. The writings of Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818–1910) and the art critic Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834–1894) were instrumental in promoting etching as an original art medium in Britain. Encouraged in part by their European counterparts, American artists in the late 19th-century also embraced the revival of etching.

Etchers became more involved in the printing of their works, selecting individual and unique inks, paper and processes. The ease of producing etchings helped to attract a diverse group of artists who adapted the printmaking technique to their individual styles and subject matter.

Our collection includes marine subjects by British artists Arthur James F. Bond RSMA (1888–1958) and Robert Henry Smith (fl.1906–1920); British-American artist Cyril Saunders Spackman (1887–1963); American artist Philip Kappel (1901–1981); and German-American artist Anton Schütz (1894–1977).

Scottish artists paid a significant contribution to the Etching Revival: prints by Scottish artists such as David Young Cameron, James McBey and Muirhead Bone were the most sought after and expensive prints in the world. Our collection includes a number of Scottish artists and subjects, including Robert Houston RWS (1881–1942), John Macdonald Aiken RSA RI (1880–1961) and John George Mathieson (1880–1954).