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Artist:
Austin Platt (1912 - 2003)
Scarce etching by Austin Platt of Wesley College, Melbourne. Platt made two versions of the etching, this one which is the second version. This version has a number of differences;1. Slight difference in the plate size2. Addition of a flag … Read Full Description
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Scarce etching by Austin Platt of Wesley College, Melbourne.
Platt made two versions of the etching, this one which is the second version.
This version has a number of differences;
1. Slight difference in the plate size
2. Addition of a flag to the flagpole
3. Addition of two students at lower left corner, one carrying a cricket bat and the other stumps.
4. Addition of a narrow garden bed and plants on the driveway
5. Windows at right on the upper storey, are in different opening positions
Additionally it is etched in different manner, with much more line work.
Biography:
Austin Harold Platt (1913-2003)
Platt was born in Perth and had most of his brief education in New Zealand. He began his apprenticeship as an artist at the age of 20, when he worked and studied commercial art at Cedric Emanuel’s studio in Sydney, in the same building as Sydney Long’s studio. Cedric gave Austin lessons in etching at the Emanuel home in Dover Heights. Platt also studied at the Sydney Art School, the Royal Art Society, Maud Sherwood’s Sketch Club and at East Sydney Technical College, in such company as Long and Dattilo Rubbo. He went to Melbourne to sketch schools after the Collegiate Etching and Fine Arts Studio began to sell etchings of schools.
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