Gerald Anthony Coles (1929-2004), printmaker, painter of portraits, landscapes and stained glass designer. His most important artistic legacy consists of monotypes and woodcuts, mostly executed during the 1950’s and 60’s. He studied at Luton School of Art (1943-45), and stained-glass techniques in the studio of Hugh Easton (1945-47). Coles began to work with Easton on his designs and made a significant contribution to Easton’s most famous work, the window in the Battle of Britain Chapel in Westminster Abbey (1943-47) He went on to study at the Slade School of Fine Art (1951-54) under Professor Sir William Coldstream and printmaking under John Buckland-Wright. It was at Slade where he won the Steer Painting Prize in 1953 and awarded a French Government Scholarship to study stained glass in the Cathedrals of France. His association with Hugh Easton lasted more than 20 years, and independently, he was commissioned to undertake other stained glass design projects in Britain and abroad. He donated two of his own works to the British Museum in 1959 and bequeathed a group of his woodcuts, monotypes and drawings to the Museum after his death in 2004. Other works by Gerald Coles are held in the Slade Art School and the University College, London.

I have acquired a body of work by Gerald Anthony Cole, consisting mainly of woodcuts and monotypes, and several drawings and paintings, from the 1950’s/60’s. This listing is for a single paper, as detailed below. Other works are listed individually on the shop home page under the category ‘Gerald Anthony Coles’ 1929-2004’. I will always combine postage with multiple purchases.

large woodcut of a kneeling man with load on thin wove paper. Unsigned proof.  Reasonable condition, with light age toning and light handling/creases. The thin printing paper is naturally quite transparent, so would need to be laid on to white paper to heighten the definition when the image is framed. The paper will be posted in a tube.

Woodcut measures 35.5cm x 27cm. Total size with margins 44cm x 32.2cm.