SHORT, Sir FRANCIS JOB (1868-1934)

"Moonrise On The Bure" (1922)
mezzotint
28 x 40.5cm
Signed lower right
*private collection, Sydney
 
Short is a legendary English Printmaker. He studied at the Stourbridge School of Art in his early years he joined the South Kensington School of Art (the first name of the current Royal College of Art) in 1883. Short also studied at the Westminster School of Art, and for a short time at the Schools of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. One of the most important and influential British printmakers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he revived the practices of mezzotint and pure aquatint, while expanding the expressive power of line in drypoint, etching and engraving. Short also wrote about printmaking to educate a wider public and was President of the Royal Society of Painter Etcher & Engavers (now styled the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers) from 1910 to 1938. Short received, amongst other distinctions, the gold medal for engraving at the Paris International Exhibition, 1889, and another gold medal for mezzotint (Rappel) 1900. In 1906 Short was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, when membership as Associate Engraver was revived; and in 1911 he was elected a full Royal Academician, and also received a knighthood. His works are represented in the MOMA, V&A Museum, British Museum & NGV!!