ANDERSON, Stanley

1884 - 1966

Alfred Charles Stanley Anderson was born at Bristol on 11 May 1884 and baptised on 2 June 1884, twin child of Alfred Ernest Anderson (1859-10 April 1939), a silver engraver, and his wife Emma Bessie née Mitchell (1861-2 June 1936), who married at St David's Church, Exeter on 22 March 1883. Known as Stanley, he was educated at Merchant Venturers' Technical College, Bristol, and took evening classes at Bristol Municipal School of Art and began a heraldic engraving apprenticeship learning to etch on metal. In 1901, a 16-year-old engraver, living at 32 Cornwallis Crescent, Bristol with his parents, 40-year-old Alfred and 38-year-old Emma, his twin Rosa Mary 16 and sister Irene May 6. In 1909 Stanley won an engraving scholarship from the British Institution and studied at the Royal College of Art under Frank Short (1857-1945), and at Goldsmiths College, New Cross but claimed to be self-taught from his visits to the National Gallery and the British Museum. Elected an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1910 and elected a fellow in 1923. As Stanley Anderson, he married at Chelsea, London in 1910, Lilian Phelps (1884-1967). In 1911, a 26-year-old artist living at 2 Fowler Walk, Ealing, London with his 26-year-old wife Lilian and the first of their sons Ivan. In 1925, living at 21 Redcliffe Square, London, and an engraving tutor at Goldsmiths College where he taught Graham Sutherland (1903-1980). A member of the Engraving Faculty at the British School at Rome 1930-1952 and elected an associate of the Royal Academy on 23 January 1934 and a member on 25 April 1941, and as Stanley Anderson exhibiting most years until from Old Timbers, Towersey, near Thame, Oxfordshire in 1962. An engraver, etcher and watercolour painter being principally known for a series of highly detailed engravings of traditional British crafts that he began in 1933 and completed over a twenty-year period. He exhibited at the Ipswich Fine Art Club from 82 Radcliffe Square, Kensington, London in 1923, a tempera 'Maxim' and two etchings 'Westminster School' and 'Covent Garden' and exhibited at the annual exhibitions of the Chicago Society of Etchers and the California Society of Etchers and many of the major galleries in the world. Alfred Charles Stanley Anderson lived at 'The Old Timbers', Towersey, near Thame, Oxfordshire but died at his then home at Chearsley, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire on 4 March 1966.

Royal Academy Exhibits
from 1 Trafalgar Square, Chelsea
1909 1264 A Study - etching
         1279 Through St John's Arch, Bristol - etching
from 47 Oakley Crescent, Chelsea
1910 1282 Doorway of St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside - etching
         1306 The Shop on the Corner - etching
         1337 The Lyceum - etching
from 2 Fowler's Walk, Brentham, Ealing
1911 1363 Brompton Oratory - etching
         1401 Somerset House - etching
from 10 Finborough Road, South Kensington
1912 1512 Twickenham - etching
         1530 Chartres Cathedral - etching
1914 1237 Casual Labour - etching
1917 1238 William Walker, Esq. - etching
from 82 Redcliffe Square, South Kensington
1920 1081 Professor Maulik - etching
1921 854 Gracechurch Street, E.C. - etching
1922 998 St George's, Hanover Square - etching
         1059 Wreckage - dry point
1923 1033 Masataro Yenemoto - dry point
         1069 Covent Garden - etching
from 21 Redcliffe Square, South Kensington
1924 1099 The Hop Exchange after the Fire, 1920 - etching
1925 913 Landlopers - etching
1926 996 La Lieutenance, Honfleur - dry point
         1025 La Marché, Falaise - dry point
         1076 Tortonis, Le Havre - dry point
1927 1111 The Goose Fair, Albi - dry point
         1128 Avignon from the Rhône - dry point
1928 1155 Les Arcades, Dieppe - dry point
         1206 Segovia Cathedral - dry point
         1252 Toledo Cathedral - dry point
1929 1094 Café des Papes, Avignon - dry point
         1096 The Fallen Star - line engraving
         1138 St Nicholas, Prague - dry point
1930 1053 Pàrky and Vurty, Prague - dry point
         1065 Morning on the Seine - line engraving
1931 1235 Dürer's House, Nürnberg - dry point
         1278 Old Port, Marseille - dry point
         1284 Between Tides, Dieppe - line engraving
1932 1099 Gleaners - line engraving
         1103 Mill in the Cotswolds - wood engraving
         1105 The Sisters - line engraving
1933 1278 The Farm Hand - line engraving
         1279 Hot Chestnuts - line engraving
         1288 Adolescence - etching
from St Paul's Studios, 55 Colet Gardens, West London
1934 948 Derelict Barns - watercolour
         1158 Capt. Hamilton McFarlane - chalk
         1258 The Old Tinker - line engraving
         1264 The Hedge - line engraving
         1271 Portrait of the Artist - line engraving
1935 1041 Stormy Weather - watercolour
         1189 Henry Vincent, Esq. - chalk
         1226 Mrs Vincent - chalk
         1290 Timm's Smithy, Thame - dry point
         1302 The Shelter - line engraving
         1317 Sheep Dipping - line engraving
1936 802 The Wind and the Rain - watercolour
         835 Evening Glow - watercolour
         1194 Mrs. Culley of Towersey - sanguine
         1309 Brook Farming - line engraving
         1312 'What a piece of work is man' - line engraving
         1315 Purbeck Quarrymen - line engraving
1937 734 After the Storm - watercolour
         745 A Grey Day - watercolour
         892 Hoeing Beans - watercolour
         898 Autumn in the Fields - watercolour
         1185 Eventide - line engraving
         1191 Hurdle Makers - line engraving
1938 994 Hay Time - watercolour
         1000 Evening on the Allotment - watercolour
         1004 Meadowland - watercolour
         1180 Bookplate - line engraving
         1191 Windswept - line engraving
         1197 The Blind Musician - line engraving
1939 681 Milking Time - watercolour
         830 Cotswold Hay Making - watercolour
         841 Cotswold Pastureland - watercolour
         907 Romney Marsh - pencil
         973 The Wheelwright - line engraving
         1025 Birmingham Hospital Centre - dry point
from Old Timbers, Towersey, near Thame, Oxon.
1941 581 Squally October - watercolour
         664 Nightfall - watercolour
         672 Frosty Night - watercolour
         747 Content - line engraving
         752 The Wayfarer - line engraving
1942 441 Soft, Silent Night - watercolour
         445 Far from the Clamorous World - watercolour
         459 Golden Harvest - watercolour
         514 The Wheelwright - line engraving
         518 The Basket - line engraving
         523 Clamping Spuds - line engraving
1943 535 The Brook - watercolour
         567 Peaceful Night - watercolour
         658 At Dusk - watercolour
         697 Ploughing Time - watercolour
         805 Trimming and Faggoting - line engraving
         812 The Country Pedlar - line engraving
1944 939 Milking Time - watercolour
         940 The Heat of Day - watercolour
         952 The Golden Pathway - watercolour
         1043 The Chair Maker - line engraving
         1047 The Thatcher - line engraving
1945 845 Return to Pasture - watercolour
         892 Market Bound - watercolour
         979 Potato Gatherers - watercolour
         1003 The Village Inn - watercolour
         1015 Loading Mangels - watercolour
         1147 The Thames, Rotherhithe - etching
         1155 Chilton Wood Turners - line engraving
1946 835 Refreshment and Rest - watercolour
         882 Squally Weather - watercolour
         886 A Passing Storm - watercolour
         893 Calm of Night - watercolour
         1030 The Saddler - line engraving
         1045 The Smith - line engraving
1947 817 The Discarded Waggon - watercolour
         821 The Forsaken Cottage - watercolour
         858 Night's Tranquillity - watercolour
         905 The Early Plough Team - watercolour
         963 Hyden, the Old Shepherd - line engraving
         970 The Cooper - line engraving
1948 872 The Village Green - watercolour
         873 Trusty Friends - watercolour
         878 Rest and Refreshment - watercolour
         879 Early Evening - watercolour
         1065 The Rake Makers - line engraving
         1069 The Violin Maker - line engraving
1949 901 Home from the Fields - watercolour
         902 The Top of the Hill - watercolour
         905 Cultivators of the Soil - watercolour
         906 Early Morning Mist - watercolour
         1098 False Gods - line engraving
         1129 Making the Gate - line engraving
1950 859 Building the Rick - watercolour
         860 The Ploughing Team - watercolour
         864 Age and Youth - watercolour
         865 The Rick Cutters - watercolour
         894 Early Morning in September - watercolour
         1119 Three Good Friends - line engraving
1951 734 Market Day - watercolour
         735 The End of the Furrow - watercolour
         738 Cutting Mangels - watercolour
         739 Beauty Discarded - watercolour
         770 A Reluctant Sale - watercolour
         924 Good Companions - line engraving
1952 880 Lopping the Willow - watercolour
         884 The Meadow Pool - watercolour
         888 The Old Mill House - watercolour
         892 Early Morning on the Farm - watercolour
         905 Evening Glow - watercolour
         1191 Daisy and her Foal - line engraving
1953 759 The Mill on the Thame - watercolour
         763 The End of a long Day - watercolour
         767 Storm over Towersey - watercolour
         771 Gipsy Life - watercolour
         776 Hay Bailers at Lunch - watercolour
         1027 The Clothes Peg Maker - line engraving
1954 771 Roadside Chat - watercolour
         772 Far from the Maddening Crowd - watercolour
         777 Staunch Friends - watercolour
         778 Awaiting the Market Bus - watercolour
         808 Where Village News goes Round - watercolour
         813 The Shady Stream - watercolour
1955 707 Returning from the Fields - watercolour
         712 Old 'Dumpling' and his mates - watercolour
         716 Exempt from Public Haunt - watercolour
         723 Summer's Lease - watercolour
         852 Hazy September Morning - watercolour
         856 Storm over Little Melton - watercolour
1956 727 A Traditional Farmstead - watercolour
         731 Oats, Potatoes and Hay - watercolour
         732 A Passing Storm - watercolour
         736 Victims of Progress - watercolour
         737 Autumn: Early Morning Mist - watercolour
         741 A Cooling Stream - watercolour
1957 846 The Fellowship of the Fields - watercolour
         847 Preparing for Market - watercolour
         851 Early Morning: Grange Farm - watercolour
         852 Lopping the Willow - watercolour
         857 Homeward Bound - watercolour
         858 Turning the Soil - watercolour
1958 778 Showery Weather - watercolour
         782 The Farm by the Brook - watercolour
         791 The Rick Builders - watercolour
         792 To Fresh Grazing - watercolour
         795 Feeding Time - watercolour
         796 The Crown of the Hill - watercolour
1959 805 A Summer Afternoon - watercolour
         806 The Ancestral Granary - watercolour
         811 The Discarded Hay Wain - watercolour
         812 The Village Pedlar - watercolour
         832 Tranquil Evening - watercolour
         836 A Passing Thunderstorm - watercolour
1960 819 Evening at Wickham's Farm - watercolour
         820 Early Morning in Winter - watercolour
         823 A Young Bull Calf - watercolour
         824 An Approaching Storm - watercolour
         934 Porkers - watercolour
         946 Loading Hay - watercolour
1961 785 Two Venerable Farm Carts - watercolour
         791 A Day's Work Ended - watercolour
         792 A Hazy Winter Morning - watercolour
         795 A Weary Country Pedlar - watercolour
         796 Weather Beaten Old Age - watercolour
         801 Thatching the New Rick - watercolour
1962 636 Stormy Weather, Kinsey - watercolour
         637 Shady Pasture - watercolour
         640 A Bucks Farmstead - watercolour
         641 An Autumn Morning - watercolour

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Works by This Artist