Note on Art

Note on Art

A note from LeRoy Neiman on artistic reference, specifically the prints of English caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson.

This note from LeRoy Neiman on Thomas Rowlandson looks at the role of printmaking in the former artist's career. Unlike most of Neiman's writings on art, this particular record provides a more detailed account of print processes. In addition to this delineation, he places the works in the artist’s oeuvre according to both public perception at the time and personal aesthetic judgment. Rowlandson’s prints were very influential on Neiman’s style.

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New York (N.Y.) New York

ROWLANDSON
Ridiculously pretentious Grub Street Hack elaborate coiffures enormous bosoms and bottoms, (fluttering) handkerchiefs
Dame of Death (1815-16) Dace of Life (16-17)
celebrated (for) Oliver Goldsmith
Outline Drawing in Red pen and watched watercolor
Etched copper after then augmentation by proengraving then colored by hand
In later years produced a mass of [?] (inferior) drawings, compromising his reputation.
and vitality and gusto in his prime
Divest myself of worldly goods
Japanese leading artist compromised their reputations

Pen, pencil, and marker on paper.