 Shaw Mc Laughlaw is primarily known as Donald Shaw MacLaughlin
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from Auction House Records.
A Street in Granada, Spain
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Biography from Annex Galleries:
| Earning much respect in the early 20th century in America for his
sketching abilities, Donald Shaw MacLaughlan was a Canadian, who
was born and raised on a farm on Prince Edward Island. In 1890,
he moved to Boston with his family. However, many of the works
that gained him recognition were created when he lived and worked first
in France and later in Italy.
MacLaughlan first studied art in Boston under J. W. O. Hamilton. By
1898, however, he had settled in Paris to complete his education at the
Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Within a very short period of time MacLaughlan had established his
reputation for etching. In 1901 two of his etchings were accepted
by the Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and in 1903 he was
elected an Associate of the Salon. Etchings created during this period,
such as, Ruelle du Pecheur, had widespread influence on artists
of many nationalities. MacLaughlan even instructed other
expatriate Canadian artists then living in Paris, most notably Clarence
Gagnon and Frank and Caroline Armington. From 1905 to 1914, he
lived and worked at Asolo near Venice, Italy.
In 1929 James Laver wrote on MacLaughlan's art: "His is probably
the most considerable single achievement of any son of the British
Dominions Overseas. It is only the completeness of his technical
apparatus which makes his range as an etcher possible. Every
process of etching technique, every stage in the production of the
finished work, is treated by him almost as part of a religious rite.
... Most modern etchers know how to print, very many of them do their
own printing, but few perhaps bestow upon the process the care and
labour expended by MacLaughlan. Not content with the mere
printing, he always grinds and prepares his ink himself, rightly
claiming that some plates need a stiffer ink than others, that
sometimes the appropriate tint is warmer, sometimes colder, and that it
is only the etcher himself who can properly decide." (Laver)
"Gazette des Beaux Arts: The revival of etching as a
prominent form of art first took place in France in the mid nineteenth
century. Sparked by the Paris etchings of Charles Meryon, French
artists elevated etching to a creative process of art as vital as
painting or sculpture. Such an outburst of artistic energy in
this field had not been seen since the days of Rembrandt and other
seventeenth century Dutch master etchers."
"At the vanguard of this wave was the Paris based Gazette des Beaux Arts. Beginning with its initial publication in 1859, the Gazette
regularly commissioned the greatest etchers of the day to supply
original graphic art for publication. Nineteenth century editions
included original etchings by Daubigny, Goya, Meryon, Whistler, Seymour
Haden, Max Liebermann, Albert Besnard and others. And from the
beginning of the twentieth century until it ceased publication in 1930,
such fine international artists as John Sloan and Donald Shaw
MacLaughlan contributed works of art. With artists such as these
it's easy to understand why etchings from the Gazette have long been
sought after." (Greg and Connie Peters; artoftheprint.com)
Sources include:
James Laver, A History of British and American Etching, London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1929, pp. 120 & 121)
Greg and Connie Peters; artoftheprint.com
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Shaw Laughlaw is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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