Bayeux Soldat I - Polish Lancer, Raymond Arnold (#051)

Bayeux Soldat I - Polish Lancer
Raymond Arnold
130cm x 100cm (framed)
Etching

Born in 1950, I studied teaching and art in Victoria, Australia before developing my professional career while living in Tasmania.

As a compliment to this world, I researched the intaglio print medium in Europe, working and exhibiting on a regular basis since 1993. I went to Paris and the Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut, in particular, to connect to the tradition of making etchings. Conceptually I was interested in my great-grandfather's experiences of the First World War as a soldier in the AIF and the ongoing vulnerability of soldiers bodies in conflict. Bayeux Soldat I - Polish Lancer began as a small print in the D-Day Museum in Bayeux, France and evolved into the first of a series of works about ‘body armour’ and shielding the body.

I have held over 50 solo exhibitions of my work in Australia, Europe and the US. and participated in many group shows. I am represented in the collections of the Imperial War Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Musee Courbet in France. In Australia, the National Gallery, the Australian Parliament House and various State Galleries have Raymond Arnold artworks in their collection.

Raymond Arnold - June 2022