| About the artist
Born: 1890
Died: 1967
Iain MacNab of Barachastlain, painter, engraver and etcher. Born in the Philippines, he was educated in Edinburgh before studying art at Glasgow School of Art and then Heatherley's School of Fine Art, London, where he became Principal in 1919. From there he went as Founder Principal to the Grosvenor School of Modern Art. He was President of The Royal Institute of Painters in Oil for almost 20 years, but perhaps was most influential spreading the art of wood engraving (The Student's Book of Wood Engraving, Iain MacNab, 1938) and encouraging the development of linocut printmaking.
He exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute, and his work is at the British Museum, the V&A and the Ashmolean. Macnab was best known for his wonderful line drawings and engravings, which are well described in a book by Albert Garrett published in 1973, "The wood engravings and drawings of Iain Macnab".
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| Product type |
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drawing |
| Date of work |
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1920 |
| How we know the date |
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our estimate |
| The last owner of the work |
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private purchase |
| How we know who the artist is |
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signed |
| How we know the subject |
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| School of painting |
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Modern British |
| Style of painting |
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Representational |
| Approach |
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figurative representative |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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20 x 16 |
| Condition of work |
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very good |
| Recent restoration |
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No known restoration |
| Where exhibited |
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believed never exhibited |
| Quantity available |
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1 |
| Edition of |
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1 |
| Item number |
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859 |
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