Description: DAVID KOSTER - Goldfinches An original large aquatint etching by the late David Koster, a renowned wildlife artist who studied at the Slade School of Art. Signed in pencil, titled and numbered 8/50, an absolutely stunning study of Goldfinches on purple thistles. It measures image size 22 x 30 cm and is in excellent condition. Unframed. Note the right edge has been trimmed. David Koster studied for three years at the Slade School of Art. He was a well-known and extremely accomplished printmaker specialising in natural history subjects. David was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists and exhibited there regularly for many years as well as at The Royal Academy, London. David undertook several illustration commissions including work for the RSPB and a front cover for their ‘Birds’ Magazine. He also illustrated ‘Down to Earth’ by John Stewart Collis with wood engravings plus ‘Fellow Mortals’, an anthology of animal poetry, with ink drawings. He was an extremely knowledgeable naturalist with his work stemming from precise observation and study of his subjects inspired by time spent in Folkestone and Plockton, a village in the northwest Highlands.
Price: 125 GBP
Location: slough, Buckinghamshire
End Time: 2025-01-14T16:18:27.000Z
Shipping Cost: 40.88 GBP
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Originality: Limited Edition Print
Image Orientation: Portrait
Signed: Yes
Date of Creation: Contemporary (1980-Now)
Material: Etching
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Birds, Seascape
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1926
Original/ Repro: Original
Listed by Self-Representing Artist?: No
Style: Outsider Art
Theme: Animals
Features: Limited Edition
Production Technique: Etching
