Etching (1996) £85
Signed etching, artist’s proof, plate measuring 10cm x 11.4cm plus full borders. Printed on handmade paper. Conservation mounted.
Reginald J Lloyd (1926-2020) was born in Hereford, although he was associated with the West Country from the age of two when his family moved to Dawlish, Devon. Was largely self-taught, although after Army service he attended part-time classes at Exeter School of Art, from 1956 living in Bideford. Lloyd was a member of RI from 1992, having been awarded its bronze medal in 1989. His work went through various metamorphoses, but a strong Neo-Romantic streak and an interest in such subjects as Silbury, Stonehenge, Avebury and Maiden Castle were key features. Lloyd contributed to many mixed shows in London and the provinces. Had a solo exhibition at Dawlish, 1950, later ones including Burton Art Gallery, Bideford, 1991, Waterside Art Gallery, Instow, 1993. Harlequin Gallery held a retrospective, 2001, with a show of Cornish paintings in 2003, and in 2004 The Long Curve Gallery, Chipping Campden, showed Lloyd’s work. Lloyd’s commissions included a painted rood for the Church of the Assumption, Walkern, 1954; a 70-foot mural for Salesian College, Battersea, 1965; and an iron lectern for St Boniface’s Church, Adler Street, 1980, which contains several other commissions by him, including a 1963 stained glass west window. Lloyd also illustrated books by the poet Ted Hughes, including What is Truth, 1984, and The Mermaid’s Purse, 1993. Victoria & Albert Museum, Tate Gallery and British Embassy, Paris, hold examples.
Signed etching, artist’s proof, plate measuring 10cm x 11.4cm plus full borders. Printed on handmade paper. Conservation mounted.