Lonely Beach, Brighton (Print 2)
Artist: Rodger, Willie, RSA RGI DUniv · 1930-2018
The artist, then Principal Teacher of Art at Clydebank High School was awarded a 3-month residency at the Gardner Art Cetre, University of Sussex at the tail end of 1971, funded by the Scottish Arts Council. He was given a studio space and a solo exhibition, and spent his time making pen and ink sketches of parts of the campus, and in particular of nearby Brighton. These resulted in 11 relief prints executed in pure lino, or in lino and woodcut, many with frottage extensively applied to give added texture.
An impression of one of these prints 'Brighton, November' (1992.137) was purchased by the RSA from the RSA AX in 1972 through the David Muirhead Memorial Fund. The 2020 gift by the artist's family included an impression of each of the other of the Brighton prints, making the RSA the only public collection to hold the complete set.
This work, made several years after the Sussex Residency was never taken beyond this stage and editioned. The use of frottage (where the impression of a textured surface, in this case woodchip wallpaper, is made directly by laying the print over the frottage surface and taking the impression by gently wiping a cloth carrying the background colour diluted enough with turpentine to make the rubbing. This is the first stage in the printing process.
© The Willie Rodger Art Trust
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Object data
Date 1974 Accession 2020.0110 Type Print Linocut with frottage Materials Support paper
Medium InkDimensions Image
47.7cm x 67.9cm
Support
64cm x 88.3cmAcquisition Gift The family of the late Willie Rodger RSA RGI DUniv (February 7th, 2020) -
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