Roger Vieillard 'Coquillages' engraving
An interesting engraving titled ‘Coquillages’ (seashells) by French surrealist artist Roger Vieillard (1907 - 1989). Signed in pencil and marked 1/1. Mounted and framed in a limed frame. Not dated but likely to be mid 20th century.
Features an array of seashells, seahorses and a mermaid!
Vieillard was born in Mans and classically educated in Paris. Besides being a noted international tennis player, he worked as a meteorologist in the army. In the early 1930s he began to make wire sculptures, as Calder had done earlier and, in 1934, he met Stanley William Hayter who showed him how to engrave. He began working in the evenings at Atelier 17 and formed a closed friendship with Hayter and Joseph Hecht.
Vieillard created over 600 prints between 1934 and 1989 and his work is represented in museums in France and the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
An interesting engraving titled ‘Coquillages’ (seashells) by French surrealist artist Roger Vieillard (1907 - 1989). Signed in pencil and marked 1/1. Mounted and framed in a limed frame. Not dated but likely to be mid 20th century.
Features an array of seashells, seahorses and a mermaid!
Vieillard was born in Mans and classically educated in Paris. Besides being a noted international tennis player, he worked as a meteorologist in the army. In the early 1930s he began to make wire sculptures, as Calder had done earlier and, in 1934, he met Stanley William Hayter who showed him how to engrave. He began working in the evenings at Atelier 17 and formed a closed friendship with Hayter and Joseph Hecht.
Vieillard created over 600 prints between 1934 and 1989 and his work is represented in museums in France and the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
An interesting engraving titled ‘Coquillages’ (seashells) by French surrealist artist Roger Vieillard (1907 - 1989). Signed in pencil and marked 1/1. Mounted and framed in a limed frame. Not dated but likely to be mid 20th century.
Features an array of seashells, seahorses and a mermaid!
Vieillard was born in Mans and classically educated in Paris. Besides being a noted international tennis player, he worked as a meteorologist in the army. In the early 1930s he began to make wire sculptures, as Calder had done earlier and, in 1934, he met Stanley William Hayter who showed him how to engrave. He began working in the evenings at Atelier 17 and formed a closed friendship with Hayter and Joseph Hecht.
Vieillard created over 600 prints between 1934 and 1989 and his work is represented in museums in France and the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.