Anthony Gross
Anthony Gross RA | |
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Born | Anthony Imre Alexander Gross 19 March 1905 |
Died | 8 September 1984 Le Boulvé, France | (aged 79)
Education | Slade School of Fine Art, Central School of Art and Crafts, École des Beaux-Arts, Academia de San Fernando, Académie Julian |
Known for | printmaking, engraving, etching, painting, animation |
Spouse(s) | Marguerite Florenty (m. 1930–1984, his death) ; 2 children |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1941–1945 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | 9th Army |
Anthony Imre Alexander Gross
Early life and work
Anthony Gross was born in 1905, at Dulwich, London, the son of the Hungarian cartographer and founder of Geographia Ltd, Alexander Gross (1880–1958),
Following study, Gross painted and produced intaglio prints in Spain, painted in Brussels, and in 1928 returned to work in Paris, and other parts of France, working entirely from life. While in France he developed a working relationship with Józef Hecht and Stanley William Hayter. During the early 1930s he exhibited in Paris galleries, becoming a member of the La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine, designed costumes and settings for ballet, and worked with composer Tibor Harsányi. He co-directed the short film La Joie de vivre with Hector Hoppin in 1934.[1][5]
Returning to Britain in 1934, Gross worked on animated films, illustrated a 1929 edition of
Second World War
Through advocacy by
Gross accompanied the
Post war
Following the war, Gross returned to working in London, in Chelsea, Greenwich and Blackheath, while in the mid-1950s working partly in Le Boulvé. He produced lithographs for J. Lyons and Co., and illustrated editions of Wuthering Heights and The Forsyte Saga. In 1954 he designed the dust jacket for the first edition of Lord of the Flies.[9] From 1948 to 1954 he was a life drawing tutor at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, afterwards becoming Head of Printing at the Slade School of Fine Art.[1]
From 1948 to 1971 Gross's work was exhibited in London and New York in one-man shows and as part of
Public collections
Gross's works held in public collections include the
His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[14]
Bibliography
- ISBN 0299161102
- Erskin, Robert, Anthony Gross 8 Etchings (1956. St Georges Gallery Prints)
- Francis, Julian. My Brush is my Sword: Anthony Gross, War Artist. The Fleece Press, 2022.
- Graham, Rigby, Anthony Gross (1988. Goldmark Gallery)
- Gross, Anthony, Etching, Engraving and Intaglio Printing (1970. Oxford U.P.) ISBN 0192114387
- Gross, Anthony, Battle Lines (1981. Imperial War Museum)
- Herdman, Robin, The Prints of Anthony Gross: Catalogue Raisonne (1991. Scolar Press; illustrated.) ISBN 0859678377
- Lee, Jane, Anthony Gross: Paintings, Drawings and Prints (1989. Ashmolean) ISBN 1854440004
- Mayne, Jonathan, Anthony Gross (1949. Art & Technics)
- Mayne, Jonathan, 'The Graphic Work of Anthony Gross', in Image; 4 (1950 Spring), pp. 31–48
- Mirante, Edith. “Drawing Soldiers in Burma: Reflections on the War Artists” Global City Review, (2020) #24. online
- Ramkalawon, Jennifer, Anthony Gross RA 1905-1984 - Early Paintings and Prints, A Centenary Exhibition (2005. Redfern Gallery, London)
- Windsor, Alan; Flemming, Rhiannon, Anthony Gross RA 1905-1984: Paintings and Prints from the 1950s (2010. Redfern Gallery, London) ISBN 0948460288
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Thomas, Ronan; West End at War: Anthony Gross. Retrieved 8 April 2012
- ^ Geographia Ltd. 20th Century London; George Glazer Gallery. Retrieved 8 April 2012
- ^ a b c Anthony Gross Prints Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 April 2012
- ^ "The Artist". google.co.uk. 1947. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ a b Artoftheprint.com: Anthony Gross. Retrieved 8 April 2012
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-10890-3.
- ISBN 9780752489230.
- ^ Matt Brosnan. "This War Artist Captured D-Day in Stunning Watercolours". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ISBN 1-84533-242-3.
- ^ "Herne Bay Pier". digital.library.leeds.ac.uk. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Gross, Anthony, 1905–1984 | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Landscape | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "The Blue Plain | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Anthony Gross". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
External links
- Works by Gross in the Imperial War Museum (345 images at 3 June 2016)
- 17 artworks by or after Anthony Gross at the Art UK site
- La Joie de Vivre on YouTube; animated film by Anthony Gross and Hector Hoppin (1934)