Ritratto di Malcolm Salaman

Acquaforte e puntasecca, 1910 circa, firmata in alto a sinistra Fisher f. Dedicata dall'artista a Malcolm Salaman; iscrizione con inchiostro marrone in basso a destra: "To Malcolm Salaman from A. Hugh Fisher". Una bella impressione, stampata su carta avorio, con margini, in buone condizioni. Malcolm Charles Salaman (Londra 6 settembre 1855 - 22 gennaio 1940) è stato un autore, giornalista e critico inglese. Fu educato alla University College School e all'Owens College di Manchester. Anche se aveva studiato ingegneria meccanica per quattro anni, divenne un giornalista e pubblicò due settimanali. I suoi scritti critici erano dedicati principalmente alle stampe e alle opere teatrali. Dal 1883 al 1894 fu critico drammatico e d'arte per il Sunday Times, e dal 1890 al 1899 fu nello staff di The Graphic. Scrisse regolarmente sulle stampe per le riviste d'arte The Studio e Apollo. Salaman scrisse anche le introduzioni ai 33 volumi della serie Modern Masters of Etching pubblicati tra il 1925 e il 1932 da The Studio, ognuno dei quali conteneva riproduzioni di 12 stampe di un grande incisore. Questa serie includeva volumi su Frank Brangwyn, Alphonse Legros, Ernest Stephen Lumsden, Malcolm Osborne e Edmund Blampied. Hugh Fisher si dedicò inizialmente all'incisione paesaggistica e architettonica, ma fu anche un abile incisore e incisore di ritratti, studi di figure e raffigurazioni di animali. Bibliografia H. Fisher, 'Catalogue of Etchings and Drypoint by A. Hugh Fisher', 1927. Etching and drypoint, circa 1910, signed at upper left Fisher f. Dedicated by the artis to Malcolm Salaman; inscribed woth brown ink at lower right: “To Malcolm Salaman from A. Hugh Fisher”. A fine impression, printed on ivory wove paper, with margins, good condition. Malcolm Charles Salaman (London 6 September 1855 – 22 January 1940) was an English author, journalist and critic. He was educated at University College School and at Owens College, Manchester. Although he had studied mechanical engineering for four years, he became a journalist, and edited two weekly papers. His critical writing was devoted chiefly to prints and to plays. From 1883 to 1894 he was dramatic and art critic for the Sunday Times, and from 1890 to 1899 was on the staff of The Graphic. He wrote regularly on prints for the art magazines The Studio and Apollo. Salaman also wrote the introductions to the 33 volume series Modern Masters of Etching published between 1925 and 1932 by The Studio, each of which contained reproductions of 12 prints by a great etcher. This series included volumes on Frank Brangwyn, Alphonse Legros, Ernest Stephen Lumsden, Malcolm Osborne and Edmund Blampied. Hugh Fisher initially dedicated himself to landscape and architectural engraving, however he was also an accomplished etcher and engraver of portraits, figure studies and animal depictions. Bibliografia H. Fisher, 'Catalogue of Etchings and Drypoint by A. Hugh Fisher', 1927. Cfr.