Sybil Andrews Prints & Limited Edition Art

Sybil Andrews Prints & Limited Edition Art: Artist Sybil Andrews was born in England in 1898. Her passion for art began whilst working as an airline welder in the First World War. During this time she took John Hassall’s art correspondent course which introduced her to a number of different artistic media, and set her on the path towards a career as an artist. After the War she returned to her birthplace, Bury St. Edmunds, in Suffolk. Here she met fellow artist Cyril Power who would influence her work, and with whom she would share a workshop for much of her early working life. Cyril Power and Sybil Andrews were colleagues who would later collaborate on commissions from The London Passenger Transport Board, and they would jointly sign their work with the pseudonym ‘Andrew Power’.

During the Second World War Andrews worked in a shipyard where she met her husband, and soon after the couple emigrated to the remote logging town on Vancouver Island, Canada. During the journey to her new home blocks for several of her prints partially melted in the hot hold of the ship. However, she experienced no such misfortune to her artistic career when she arrived in Canada: there she achieved, at least at first, a large following which lasted well into the 1950’s. In the ‘60’s she fell into obscurity, but was rediscovered in the 1970’s. She died in 1992 leaving a body of work totalling almost 80 linocuts. Since then Sybil Andrews’ work has met with wide critical acclaim and ever increasing popularity. Her colour linocuts were featured extensively in the recent (2008) Fine Arts, Boston/ Metropolitan, New York British Prints From the Machine Age - Rhythms of Modern Life 1914–1939 exhibition, and her work is held in major collections around the world.

Here you will find our range of beautifully produced Sybil Andrews Prints & Limited Edition Art including Waterjump, Windmill and Speedway fine art prints. The Edition size is 850.