Screenprint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Rose and Chris Prater
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-piper-1774" aria-label="More by John Piper" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Piper</a>
Castlemartin
Presented by Rose and Chris Prater 1976
architecture
Castlemartin
church
features
graveyard
Pembrokeshire
places
religious
tower
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
Wales
<p>This church tower is at an isolated village in Pembrokeshire. Piper was adept at reproducing the texture of the old stones of churches, here the result of a widespread attack of various coloured lichens.</p><p>This screenprint is one of many given to Tate in 1976 by Chris Prater, the printer who made them with his wife, Rose. Their prints reproduced gouaches drawn by Piper, which he had made in part for this purpose and with the screenprinting process in mind. In this way he popularised his work, and found a new market for his art.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper print screenprint
8 November 2004 – 1 August 2005
2005-08-01
8 November 2004
2004-11-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-11-08
John Piper: Ruins
Collection based display
Castlemartin
image: 924 × 613 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999979" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Rose and Chris Prater</a> 1976
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<span class="text7">This church tower is at an isolated  village in      Pembrokeshire. Piper was adept </span><span class="text14">at reproducing      the texture of the old stones</span><span class="text7"> </span><span class="text15">of churches, here the result of a widespread</span><span class="text7"> attack of various coloured lichens. </span>
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<span class="text7">This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprint</span></a> is one of many given to </span><span class="text16">Tate in 1976 by Chris Prater, the printer who</span><span class="text7"> </span><span class="text16">made them with his wife, Rose.      Their <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a></span><span class="text7"> </span><span class="text17">reproduced      <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>gouaches</span></a> drawn by Piper, which</span><span class="text7"> he had made      in part for this purpose and with the screenprinting process in mind. In      this way he popularised his work, and found a new market for his art. </span>
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architecture Castlemartin church features graveyard Pembrokeshire places religious tower townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions Wales