Michael Rothenstein RA (1908 - 1993)
Exploding the Boundaries: Paintings and Original Prints
This unique collection of paintings and original linocut prints by Michael Rothenstein, who was perhaps the most experimental British graphic artist of the 20th century, has been curated in collaboration with Rothenstein’s estate. The exhibition is accompanied by a major new illustrated book, written by Mel Gooding. This artist’s works are distinctive and iconic and in collections such as The Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, The British Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
This exhibition coincides with the launch of a new monograph on this artist by
Mel Gooding. The fully illustrated 110 page book can be purchased from the gallery for just £10. To reserve your copy, please email gallery@davidsimoncontemporary.com or telephone 01963 359102
Tractor and Plough
oil on canvas, 1942
signed
61 x 92cm
The Hilltop
woodcut, edition of 50
1991-92
60.5 x 66.5cm
signed
Cockerel
linocut, edition of 12
1960
72 x 50cm
signed
Purple Flowers
woodcut, edition of 29
1989
60 x 62cm
unsigned
Untitled - The Orange Motor Car
woodcut, edition of 25
76 x 60.5cm
signed
Untitled - Birds in a Tree
mixed media
c.1990s
100 x 73.5cm
signed
Untitled - Butterflies
mixed media
c.1980s / 90s
82.5 x 105cm
signed
Arrow Tree
hand-coloured etching with aquatint
1952
18 x 20cm
signed
Macaws
woodcut
1988
90 x 62cm
signed
Landscape with Orange Flower
etching with aquatint
1955
36 x 51cm
signed
The Cockerel
lithograph, edition of 50
1950
47 x 73cm
signed
Untitled - Cockerel
ink and watercolour
62 x 87cm
signed
Untitled - Cockerel with Pink House
watercolour
56 x 76cm
unsigned
Blue to Red
woodcut and screenprint
1968 - 70
73.5 x 58.5cm
signed
Holywood Bowl
woodcut and screenprint
1970
73.5 x 58.5cm
signed
Green Pagoda
woodcut and screenprint
1968 - 70
73.5 x 58.5cm
signed
(in collection of
Tate Gallery)
Pink to Purple with Free Wheels
woodcut and screenprint
1968 - 70
73.5 x 58.5cm
signed
Black Mast, Dalmation Sea
linocut
1950s
76 x 56cm
signed
Red Cliff, Brittany
linocut
1958
47.5 x 72cm
signed
Landscape with a Square House
linocut
1950s
40 x 57.5cm
signed
The Torch
linocut
1957
73 x 45cm
signed
Three Pierced Forms
colour etching
1950s
signed
Figure
etching
1953
30 x 42.7cm
signed
Scrap Metal
watercolour and ink
signed
Two Birds
woodcut
1959 - 60
38 x 51cm
signed
Fathers
woodcut and screenprint
1958
56 x 80cm
signed
(in collection of Tate Gallery)
Untitled, Purple, Red and Green
linocut and woodcut
56 x 86cm
signed
(in collection of Tate Gallery)
Cuba
linocut, edition of 35
1959 - 60
72.5 x 57.5cm
signed
Blue Line, Red Line
woodcut and linocut edition of 25
1963
47 x 74.5cm
signed
Black Bar and Cross
woodcut and linocut
1965
42.5 x 59cm
signed
Three Birds and a Worm
woodcut, edition 34/50
70 x 60cm
Black Horse
etching
1954
35 x 47.5cm
signed
Two Houses
linocut, edition of 40
1959
48 x 72m
signed
The Farmyard
watercolour and ink
unsigned
Blue Circle
woodcut and etching
1961
37.5 x 50cm
signed
Untitled
mixed media
1969
50 x 75.5cm
signed
Catherine Wheels
etching
1953
30 x 42.5cm
signed
(in collection of Tate Gallery)
Born in Hampstead, London, on 19 March 1908, Rothenstein studied at Chelsea Polytechnic and Central School of Arts and Crafts, 1924-27. He had his first one-man show in 1938 and during World War II participated in the Pilgrim Trust Recording Britain project. After the war, he taught printmaking at Camberwell School of Art and was Art Fellow at Sheffield University in 1962.
Rothenstein became one of the most experimental printmakers in Britain during the ‘50s and ’60s. As well as found objects such as wood offcuts and metal debris, he incorporated fresh 20th century
imagery into his relief prints, combining photographic material with traditional woodcuts and linocuts. Numerous major galleries currently hold his work, including The Tate Gallery, Victoria and
Albert Museum, The British Museum, National Gallery of Scotland and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and elected RA in
1983.
David Simon Contemporary is delighted to present an exhibition featuring some forty paintings and original lino-cut prints. This exhibition coincides with the launch of a new book on Rothenstein's
work by Mel Gooding.
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