Leonard Marchant
| ụdịekere | nwoke  |
|---|---|
| Aha enyere | Leonard |
| Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 1929 |
| Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya | 2000 |
| Ọrụ ọ na-arụ | omenkà |
Leonard Marchant RE (ubochí irí na àtó n'ọnwa Ọktoba, 1929 rụọ úbọchị itoolu n'ọnwa Jenụwarị, 2000) bụ ónyé na-ese ihe na ónyé na-ebi akwụkwọ, nke a na-enwe mmasị karịsịa dị ka ónyé isi nke mezzotint.[1]
Oge ọ malitere[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
A mụrụ Marchant na Cape Town, South Africa, nwa nwoke nke abụọ nke Kathleen (née Cunningham) na Henry Marchant. Nnà ya nwụrụ mgbè ọ na-eje ozi na Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, mgbè Marchant dị afọ irí na isé; nné ya na ụmụnne ya bụ ndị Katọlik, nné nnè ya na nné nné ya zụlitere ya.[2]
Dị ka ónyé nọ n'afọ iri na ụma, ọ kụziiri onwé ya ise ihe; na 1950, mgbè ọ dị afọ 19, e nyere ya ihe ngosi onwé ya na Argus Gallery na Cape Town, South Africa.[3]
N'afọ 1950, Marchant rụrụ ọrụ n'ụgbọ mmiri ahịa wee rute London na obere ego na enweghị kọntaktị. O rughị eru màkà onyinye iji mụọ na UK. Ọ kpọrọ Jacob Epstein na ekwentị n'enweghị obi ụtọ wee gaa leta ya na mpempe akwụkwọ nke eserese na ihe osise. Epstein na-agba ume ma nye ya akwụkwọ ozi na-atụ aro na British Council, nke nyéré onyinye iji nye ya ohere ịmụ ọnwa atọ na Saint Martin's School of Art.[4][1]
Na London, Marchant zutere ma lụọ Teressa Trapler.[5] N'ịbụ ndị nsogbụ ego na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị manyere ịlaghachi South Africa, ha mechara kwaga na UK mgbè afọ atọ gachara, na 1956; na 1959 Marchant nwetara onyinye iji mụọ ógè niile na Central School of Arts and Crafts.[1][5]
Ọrụ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
N'oge ọ na-agụ akwụkwọ na Central School for Arts and Crafts, Marchant hụrụ mezzotints nké Yōzō Hamaguchi, ónyé na-ese ihe na Japan nke bi na Paris n'oge ahụ.[1] N'oge a, Marchant chọpụtara mezzotint rocker na rocking pole na kọbọd n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ. Ọ dịghị ónyé maara otú e si eme ya ọzọ n'ihi ya m ga-akụziri onwé m, "ọ mechara dee, ọ bụ usoro siri ike. Ihe masịrị m n'ezie bụ ọgaranya dị egwu nke ụda olu.[1][6]
Ọ bụ ezie na Marchant nọgidere na-ese ihe n'oge ndụ ya niile, a maara ya nke ọma màkà mezzotints ya. Na mezzotints ya, ọ metụrụ ịdị ukwuu... Marchant bụ nna úkwú, agịga ya na-acha n'ọchịchịrị; kandụl, efere, iko na saucer na-enwu gbaa.[2] Liese Van Der Watt kwuru na a na-eto Marchant màkà mweghachi nke ọrụ ochie a na afọ (19)60s, ọkachasị na Britain. Na "ihe osise ahụ na-egosi otu ugboro ugboro nke otu klas nke isiokwu, dị ka a ga-asị na nchegbu nke ónyé na-ese ihe na-elekwasị ányá na usoro na ihe ndị a na-egosi. Mana ihe ọzọ abanyewo n'ime mmanụ ndị a - mmetụta nke ebumnuche nzuzu, nke ime anwansi nke na-echetara mmadụ n'ụzọ na-edoghị ányá na nke a na-atụghị ányá ya ọrụ Frida Kahlo.
N'afọ 1986, a họpụtara Marchant ka ọ bụrụ ónyé otu Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, ónyé ya na ya na-egosi mgbè niile.
N'afọ 1963, Marchant sonyeere ndị ọrụ nkè Central School of Arts and Crafts na ngalaba Fine Art Etching ebe ọ nọrọ ruo n'afọ 1983. N'afọ ndị sochirinụ, ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ nka ndị ọzọ gụnyere Royal, Slade, Chelsea, Morley na Winchester, iji gosipụta usoro mezzotint ma gosipụta nkè a na ọrụ nkè ya.[4][6]
Ndụ o mesịrị[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
Mgbè ọ lara ezumike nká na nkuzi, Marchant na nwunye ya kwagara Shropshire, ebe ọ gàrà n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na mezzotints na eserese. E mèrè ihe ngosi ikpeazụ ya na London Bankside Gallery na 1998.
Onyinye[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- 1970 Ihe nrite Stet, Florence Biennale.[2]
- 1975 A na-akpọ Grocers Fellowship, British School na Rome, Rome.
- 1986 Christie's Contemporary Art Prize nke kacha mma na Royal Society of Painters Etchers and Engravers Exhibition.
- 1987 - CCA Galleries, PLC Award.
- 1998 Purcell Paper Prize, National Print Exchange, Mall Gallery.
Nchịkọta[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie nke Bowdoin College[7]
- Kansụl Britain[8]
- Davison Art Center, Mahadum Wesleyan[9]
- Ebe Ngosi Ihe Mgbe Ochie Folkwang, Essen[10]
- Ebe Ndepụta Mba South Africa[11]
- Mahadum nke Arts London[12]
- Mahadum nke Michigan Museum of Art[13]
- Victoria na Albert Museum, London[14]
Ihe ngosi onwe onye[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- 1950 − Argus Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa[3]
- 1998 − Ntụle 1948-1998, Bankside Gallery, London
Edensibia[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Herbstein (17 January 2000). Leonard Marchant (en). the Guardian.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jeremy Issacs, obituary, The Independent, 14 January 2000.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Albert Werth, "In Memoriam: Leonard Marchant – Master of Mezzotint, Pretoria Art Museum, PAM Bulletin, issue 11, April 2000, pp 20/21
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mark Balakjian, "Leonard Marchant – An appreciation", Printmaking Today, volume 6, number 1, 1997 pp 11/12
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 (1997) Printmaking Today (in en).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Obituary, The Times, 14 January 2000
- ↑ Leonard Marchant. artmuseum.bowdoin.edu.
- ↑ Leonard Marchant | Artists | Collection | British Council − Visual Arts. visualarts.britishcouncil.org.
- ↑ Leonard Marchant - DAC Collection Search. dac-collection.wesleyan.edu.
- ↑ Artists (en). Museum Folkwang. Archived from the original on 2021-11-30. Retrieved on 2022-06-16.
- ↑ Iziko: SA National Gallery | Art Collection. flow4u.net.
- ↑ Autumn (en). collections.arts.ac.uk.
- ↑ Genesis (en). University of Michigan Museum of Art.
- ↑ Museum. City I | Marchant, Leonard | V&A Explore The Collections (en). Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections.