May 31 FINE CHARLESTON SC ESTATES
Lot 131:
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Axel Herman Haig (Swedish, 1835 – 1921) Etching of Assisi. 1903. Signed in pencil, lower right. Titled, initialed and dated in the plate. 18 3/4 x 24 in. (476 x 610 mm). Sheet Size: 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. Professionally framed and matted. In frame 35"x31 1/2"x1". Weight 14 lbs. **In house shipping available on this lot** If you win this lot, please select self arranged for in house shipping when paying** Axel Herman Haig (H?gg) studied drawing and watercolor painting with Per Magnus Arvid S?ve but apprenticed as a shipbuilder at a government dockyard. In 1859, though, he undertook a new apprenticeship as a draftsman in the offices of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. After seven years there, he launched himself as an architectural artist. The mid-nineteenth century was an extraordinary time for printmakers because of the growth of the printed word and the increase in privately-held wealth. This was particularly true as to architectural prints; the new wealth required new buildings. In 1866, Haig was employed by architect and designer William Burges to illustrate his designs for the Royal Courts of Justice in The Strand. The watercolors that Haig created were ?an immediate sensation.? Haig and Burges continued to work together until Burges? death in 1881. Haig developed a second career as an etcher. His lithographs of European castles, palaces, landscapes, and cathedrals became hugely popular in late-Victorian England. Haig?s work is found in important public and private collections world-wide, including the British Museum, numerous works at the Art Institute of Chicago and extensive collection of his work at the Yale University Art Gallery
Condition: good
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