Both in terms of the sheer number of etchings she produced and in the quality of her work, Dorothy Woollard was a more important etcher than has generally been recognised, and it is quite fitting that, in recent years, she is being re-assessed and interest in her work is growing. Once rated in 1941 by The Times newspaper as being on a par with that fine Scottish etcher, Sir David Young Cameron, `Dorothy Woollard R. E. (1886-1986) exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, the RE (Royal Society of Painter Etchers), the Royal West of England Academy and other venues, and her work was reproduced in the important art magazines and reference works of the day. A major player in a buoyant market for original etchings, Woollard was a graduate of the Etching School at the Royal College of Art in London, under Sir Frank Short. The Victoria & Albert Museum has, since 1916, held an important collection of her etchings and The British Museum has a small collection of her work. Her home city was Bristol and the Museum and Art Gallery there has a large collection of her work.
A super etching by a much under-rated English artist Dorothy Woollard (1886-1986), showing a busy scene in a town square in Quimper, France. Signed in pencil and in good condition in its original frame and mount.
Measures 18.5 cm wide by 19 cm deep (36.5cm by 6 52 cm in its frame).
£180