Origin of Species
Screenprint
1971-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Foreign. Commonwealth & Development Office, Carlton Gardens
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About the artist
Born in Dunvant, a mining village near Swansea, Ceri Richards studied at Swansea School of Art. In the early 1920s, he attended the Royal College of Art where he later taught, in addition to teaching at the Slade and Chelsea School of Art. He often returned to the Gower Peninsula in Wales, which inspired his work. Richards became Head of Painting at Cardiff School of Art in the Second World War. In 1961 he won a gold medal at the National Eisteddfod and in 1962, won the Einaudi Painting Prize at the Venice Biennale. A versatile artist, he made prints, collages, reliefs, costume designs and paintings. He was a Tate Trustee (1958–65), and received a CBE (1961). After Richards’ death, major shows were held in Cardiff, Chichester and London.
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- abstract, semi-figurative, plant, flower
- Materials & Techniques
- screenprint
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Details
- Artist
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Ceri Richards (1903 - 1971)
- Title
- Origin of Species
- Edition
- 47/75
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- Screenprint
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Marlborough Graphics, March 1976
- Inscription
- below image: 47/75 / Ceri Richards 71
- GAC number
- 12270