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Canadian Geese
GREEN, Roland
Etching on wove paper, no date.Edition of 95.Signed and numbered in pencil.
Roland GREEN
Roland Green (English, 1890-1972) was known as a bird painter, primarily producing watercolors and oil paintings. As the son of a taxidermist, Green’s fascination for animals and more specifically for birds, started in his childhood when he was trained to understand anatomy and plumage. Green soon also discovered an aptitude for drawing and painting wildlife. This led him to later study at Rochester School of Art (United Kingdom) and at the Regent Street Polytechnic (London, UK). After graduating, Green found work at the Natural History Museum, during which he developed a portfolio of paintings. He ceased producing work during WWI to enroll and he spent the war as a mapmaker for the Royal Flying Corps. Lord Desborough recognized Green’s talent and after the war became his primary patron. Green moved to his patron’s Hickling Estate. Thanks to an increase in demand for his work, he later built a bungalow and studio there, and continued to produce art on the estate, where he live the rest of his life. Despite there being no record of when he began etching, Green produced a small, beautiful and scarce portfolio of prints.
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