Sir Muirhead Bone

Scottish (1876 - 1953)
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Sir Muirhead Bone French Lane, Rollemourt Dated 1917 © Estate of Sir Muirhead Bone. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2018.

Biography

Born 1876
Died 1953
Nationality Scottish

Draughtsman, illustrator and painter Muirhead Bone was born in Partick, Glasgow, and trained as an architect. He attended evening classes at Glasgow School of Art and was self-taught as an etcher. In 1901 Bone settled in London, where he quickly established an international reputation, selling prints for large sums. The first artist to be appointed a War Artist in the First World War, he was also an official War Artist in World War Two. Architectural subjects dominate his printed work in addition to images showing industrialisation and urban development. The author of nearly 500 prints, Bone was knighted in 1937.

Artworks

The National Gallery and Bank of Scotland 1910
French Lane, Rollemourt Dated 1917
Building Ships: On the Stocks (from the series 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals') Published 1918
Building Ships: Ready for Sea (from the series 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals') Published 1918
Building Ships: A Shipyard (from the series 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals') Published 1918
Building Ships: A Shipyard Seen from a Big Crane (from the series 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals') Published 1918
Building Ships: A Workshop (from the series 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals') Published 1918
The Tapestries, Santiago di Compostella Unknown
Cavalry and Wagons outside Albert, Somme About 1916 - 1917
Warships on the Firth of Forth Dated 1917
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Glossary terms

Etching

  • A form of printmaking in which a metal plate is covered with a substance called a 'ground', usually wax, into which an image is drawn with a needle. Acid is applied, eroding the areas of the plate exposed but not the areas covered by wax. The action of the acid creates lines in the metal plate that hold the ink from which a print is made when the plate is pressed against paper under pressure.