Douglas Ian Smart

La Rochelle

Douglas Ian Smart's original drypoint engraving, "La Rochelle" is printed upon hand-made watermarked paper and with large margins as published in London in 1929. It is signed in pencil under the plate-mark and is also signed in the plate with his monogramme. "La Rochelle" is a prime, original example of the French landscape art created by the British artist, Douglas Ian Smart (D. I. Smart).

Original Drypoint Engraving by the British artist, Ian Douglas Smart 'D. I. Smart'.

La Rochelle

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Title:	La Rochelle
Artist:	Smart, Douglas Ian (London, 1879 - 1970)
Date:	1929
Medium:	Original Drypoint Engraving
Note:	Douglas Ian Smart 'D. I. Smart': A leading English etcher, engraver and watercolourist, of the 1920's and 1930's, Douglas Ian Smart studied printmaking techniques in London, under Sir Frank Short. His art dealt mainly with landscape scenes in England, France, Spain and Italy, and particularly delineated river views and city scenes. From 1920 to 1940 D. I. Smart was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy. Kenneth Guichard lists La Rochelle as being among Smart's most important original engravings. *
	Douglas Ian Smart was a charter member of the prestigious Royal Engravers. Selections of his original etchings and engravings are now housed in the permanent collections of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Reference:	* Kenneth M. Guichard, British Etchers: 1850-1940, Robin Garton, London, 1981, p. 59.
Size:	9 1/4 X 14 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $325.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon hand-made watermarked paper and with large margins as published in London in 1929. Signed in the plate with the artist's monogramme (lower right corner) and signed in pencil under the plate-mark. A crisp, strong impression and in very good condition throughout. La Rochelle represents a prime, original example of the etched art of Douglas Ian Smart.
Subject:	Douglas Ian Smart, D. I. Smart, La Rochelle, original drypoint, British Etchers, English etcher, engraver and watercolourist, Royal Academy, Royal Engravers.
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