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Edward Warner
Australian, 1879 - 1968
Returning to Australia in about 1919, he worked as a commercial artist. In c.1922 he once more began etching and exhibiting, earning a considerable reputation for his work. In 1930 his daughter began to help in the studio preparing plates and printing and in 1936 he was joined by his son, who printed many works. In the mid 1930s Alfred Warner and his wife travelled in a caravan around NSW and Victoria collecting material for his prints.
In the late 1930s he produced a series of colour linocuts. Designed by Alfred they were cut by his daughter and printed by his son - hence the signature, ‘The Warners’.
During the depression years Warner also produced popular etchings under the pseudonyms C. JACK, C. J. DODD, BRUETON, G. MARLER and G. MARTIN. Some of these were printed from electrotypes in large editions (300-400). There were also a range of unsigned cards. Warner also produced screenprints towards the end of the 1930s, having taught himself form American magazines. He specialised in producing photographic stencils and also sold screenprinting equipment that he designed and made.
He does not seem to have made any relief prints and only a few etchings after 1938. Warner died in 1968.
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