Archibald Standish Hartrick
Born in Bangalore in 1864, in India where his father was a Captain in the British Army, A.S. Hartrick was of Scots, Welsh and Irish heritage. He attended the Slade School Art in London and while there, Rodin’s sculpture The Age of Bronze, an edition of which was positioned outside Alphonse Legros’ office, greatly impressed the young artist. At the Académie Julian in Paris he was surrounded by around four hundred students from all around the world also attending the popular teaching studio. While in France, Hartrick came to know Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. However, beyond Post-Impressionism he had little time for Cubism, Futurism and as he said “other ‘isms’” believing them to be artistic cul de sacs.Hartrick was an accomplished graphic artist and illustrated many books and publications. At the end of World War One he was commissioned to design a series of posters for the London Underground recording twelve different types of work undertaken as part of the war effort.
Jessica O'Donnell 2014
![No. 55 "On the Land: Ploughing" [From 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts And Ideals shown in a series of lithographic prints: 'Women's Work' series]](/internal/media/dispatcher/629/thumbnail)
![No. 56 "On the Railways: Engine and carriage cleaners" [From 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts And Ideals shown in a series of lithographic prints: 'Women's Work' series]](/internal/media/dispatcher/630/thumbnail)
![No. 57 "In the Towns: A 'bus conductress" [From 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts And Ideals shown in a series of lithographic prints: 'Women's Work' series]](/internal/media/dispatcher/631/thumbnail)
![No. 58 "On Munitions: Skilled work" [From 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts And Ideals shown in a series of lithographic prints: 'Women's Work' series]](/internal/media/dispatcher/632/thumbnail)
![No. 59 "On Munitions: Dangerous work (Packing T.N.T.)" [From 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts And Ideals shown in a series of lithographic prints: 'Women's Work' series]](/internal/media/dispatcher/9443/thumbnail)
![No. 60 "On Munitions: Heavy work (Drilling a casting)" [From 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts And Ideals shown in a series of lithographic prints: 'Women's Work' series]](/internal/media/dispatcher/9444/thumbnail)