Harry Redman grew up in Broadstairs on the Kent Coast. He trained at the Thanet School of Art and Architecture from 1937-1940, and attended Walter Sickert’s afternoon Salons in Broadstairs. He signed up for the RAF at the beginning of WWII and was passed for Officer training as a pilot. However, it was discovered he had a heart condition so he opted for a place in the RAF Signals as an NCO. He served in West Africa (Freetown, Sierra Leone) for two years, then was sent to the North West Frontier where he set up Direction Finding Stations.
During 1943 Redman studied part-time at the Ruskin School of Drawing (Oxford), the Central School of Art and the Slade. He returned to full-time education at the University of Reading School of Fine Art in 1948, receiving a Ministry of Education Diploma in Design and a Ministry of Education Art Teacher’s Diploma. Redman was subsequently appointed as a lecturer at the University of Reading were he stayed until his retirement in 1985 and where he is still remembered with great admiration and fondness.
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2. Redman, Henry (AKA Harry) Victor (1920 – 1994)WWII; an RAF Mess.Pencil, pen, ink, watercolour and gouache. Squared for transfer. Provenance: The artist’s Estate.10×13.75 inches.Framed: 15.5×19 inches.
£1,750
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3. Redman, Henry (AKA Harry) Victor (1920 – 1994)WWII; Kent, ‘Sketch. Torpedo / Mine Survivors Margate ’40’.Pencil, chalk, Indian ink and gouache. Inscribed and dated, 1940. Provenance: The artist’s Estate.7.5×13 inches.
Harry Redman established the Intaglio Print Workshop at Reading University in 1954 and in 1964, when Claude Rogers was Professor of Fine Art, took a sabatical to work at Stanley Hayter’s Atelier 17 in Paris. In 1975, when Martin Froy was Professor, he was appointed to run the new university Print Workshop. Below are examples of the abstract prints he made from the 1960s through to the 1980s.
5. Redman, Henry (AKA Harry) Victor (1920 – 1994)Abstract Composition.Aquatint with hand touching and colouring. c.1970. Proof. Provenance: The artist’s Estate.7.25×4.5 inches.Framed: 11×8.5 inches.
£375
6. Redman, Henry (AKA Harry) Victor (1920 – 1994)‘Three Forms ii’.Etching and aquatint with hand colouring. c.1970. Signed and titled. Proof. Provenance: The artist’s Estate.7×5.5 inches.Framed: 11.25×9.25 inches.
£575
7. Redman, Henry (AKA Harry) Victor (1920 – 1994)‘Elektrische Beleuchtung in Zimmern, Waage’.Etching. Proof. Inscribed. c.1970. Provenance: The artist’s Estate.4.5×2.75 inches.Framed: 8.5×6.5 inches.
16. Redman, Henry (AKA Harry) Victor (1920 – 1994)Abstract Composition.Etching with hand colouring. c.1970. Another impression inscribed by the artist ‘Elektrische Beleuchtung in Zimmern, Waage’. Provenance: The artist’s Estate.4×2.5 inches.Framed: 8.25×6.5 inches.
£375
17. Redman, Henry (AKA Harry) Victor (1920 – 1994)Flags Abstract Composition.Etching and aquatint with hand colouring. c.1980. Proof. Provenance: The artist’s Estate.3.75×3.25 inches.Framed: 8×7 inches.
19. Redman, Henry (AKA Harry) Victor (1920 – 1994)Flags Abstract Composition.Etching and aquatint with hand colouring. c.1980. Proof. Provenance: The artist’s Estate.3.75×3 inches.Framed: 8×7.25 inches.
