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BBC Radio Four - Tuesday 17 Jan 2012 at 11:30am
January 2012 - The Print Master
Stanley Jones has devoted his life to printmaking, especially lithography. Whilst at Slade School of Art, he met and assisted Ceri Richards with the medium and found the process very appealing for his work. He was awarded a placement in Paris to further his knowledge of lithography and whilst there worked with some well known French artists. He was then engaged to set up and run the Curwen Studio from 1958 onwards. He is still actively involved in the studio and was in 2009, awarded an MBE for Services to Lithography. In 2010 Stanley completed his autobiography 'Stanley Jones & The Curwen Studio'.
On his return to Britain, Stanley spearheaded a rapid expansion in British Printmaking – today he is revered in artistic circles as one of the greatest printmakers alive.
Artist Susan Aldworth was invited to be Artist in Residence at the Curwen Studio in October 2011. In The Print Master, we join them amongst the thundering and clanking machinery of the Curwen Studio, now near Cambridge, as Stanley initiates Susan in to the art of lithography, overhearing tales of artists he has worked with over the past 50 years. And what artists!
The Print Master will be repeated on Saturday 21 January at 3.30pm on BBC Radio Four.
You can listen to the programme at the Radio 4 website ».
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