San Lorenzo in Sahagún

About this artwork

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Art Historical Context

Muirhead Bone’s 1929 drypoint *San Lorenzo in Sahagún* captures the quiet dignity of the Romanesque church of San Lorenzo in the Spanish town of Sahagún. Bone, a leading figure in the early-twentieth-century etching revival, traveled widely in search of architectural subjects, translating stone and light into intricate networks of line. The tall, narrow format of the plate (301 × 181 mm) emphasizes the building’s vertical thrust and weathered façade, while the drypoint technique—scratched directly into the copper—produces the soft, velvety burr that gives his prints their characteristic atmosp...

About the Artist

Muirhead Bone · 1876–1953

Sir Muirhead Bone was born in Glasgow on March 23, 1876, into a world of shipyards and industrial architecture that would profoundly shape his art. He trained initially in architectural draftsmanship before studying at Glasgow School of Art, developing a draughtsman's eye for structure and mass. He began printmaking in 1898, and though his first known print was a lithograph, he became celebrated a...