THAT OLD FASHIONED MOTHER O'MINE c1928
Walter Richard Sickert (1860 – 1942)
Details
- Dimension
- 19.7 X 13 CM
- Media
- ETCHING
- Accession number
- P2790
Summary
The singer in this work is traditionally identified as Talbott O’Farrell whose song That Old Fashioned Mother o’ Minewas a major success in 1919-20, and this work was based on a painting of the same title. The print was exhibited at the Royal Society of Etchers and Engravers in 1928. There were three states, the final state bearing the title. The dramatic chiaroscuro was achieved by varying the cross-hatching.
Further reading:
Ruth Bromberg, Walter Sickert Prints, Yale University Press, New Haven and London 2000
Glossary
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Painting
Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.
