DRURY,Paul

Paul Drury
British 1903-1987
Paul Drury was the son of the renowned sculptor, Alfred Drury. He attended Goldsmiths' as an art student from 1921.Portraiture predominated in his early work yet his most famous prints from that time are the two or three small landscape etchings in the pastoral vein with which he and his colleagues, Graham Sutherland and Robin Tanner, became so closely associated. Drury began to etch in 1922 and continued until the end of his presidency of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1975. Although Drury exhibited regularly at the RA and the RE, he remained largely disinterested in self-promotion, particularly in the post-war period. Typically he would complete an image without editioning it and then move on to develop a new idea. He produced over 90 prints during his life.

All the etchings I have for sale are from ‘The Memorial Portfolio’ published by Garton & Co. 1994. Posthumously printed from the original plates on hand made paper in a limited edition of 25 copies only. All the etchings are numbered 16 of 25 copies.

(Robin Garton produced two limited edition of ‘The Memorial Portfolio’. Edition A having 6 etchings which was limited to 25 copies. These etchings are from Edition A.

The Edition B was of nine prints, limited to 15 copies only, which also contained two signed etchings by Drury.)

'Carel Weight’ (The artist) 1938	‘French Cemetery’ 1938	‘Tired Student’ 1949
'Mickleham Yews lll.' 1950	'The Penultimate Swan Song.’ ‘And that was me at Margate’ 1952-79	‘The Obstinate Hen’ The Reluctant Hen No.2 Dinan Set 1958