Descriptions

Dorothea Wight produced several versions of this subject. Starting with a sketch to plan out the composition, she went on to produce some prints in monochrome and some where she added colour. The printing plate used to make this print is also in the collection.

Born in Totnes in Devon, Wight studied fine art at Dartington College of Art from 1963 to 1964. She then studied painting at the Slade school of Fine Art from 1964 to 1968.

Wight worked at the centre of the printmaking scene in London, establishing an editioning and platemaking workshop for intaglio printing techniques called Studio Prints which ran from 1968 until 2011, where she printed her own works as well as those for artists including Lucien Freud, Frank Auerbach and Paula Rego. She specialised in producing coloured mezzotints, producing several series of work that played with the idea of depicting the view through a window.

As a visiting lecturer she established the etching department at the Camden Institute in London and she has also taught printmaking in various art Schools including The Royal College of Art, Cambridge School of Art, and Brighton School of Art.

This object is not on display.



Image © The Studio Prints Archive