An Original Handwritten Signed Letter/Envelope from Curwen Press Printmaker Stanley Jones to Artist Anthony Rossiter. A lovely letter discussing his recent eye operation and mentioning the Curwen Press and poet Charles Tomlinson. Written 1974. From a large collection of the artists letters. Anthony Rossiter RWA MSIAD was a British landscape painter who was educated at Eton and studied painting at Chelsea Art School from 1947-51. He was a romantic visionary, a “poet” whose heaven was the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Gnarled hedgerows, tumbling stone walls, broken gates, reflections in water and ploughed fields were all his subject matter. His works also included portraits, most notably that of W.H. Auden. Anthony Rossiter began his correspondence with Huxley and Osmond while writing his autobiography, The Pendulum (Gollancz, 1966). From the ecstasy of the creative high to the agonising despair of depression, The Pendulum was the creative artist’s riposte to the cult success of Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus, 1954). Where Huxley induced heightened perception by carefully controlled experiments with mescaline, Rossiter’s swings came naturally and without warning. Stanley Jones 1933 - 2023. Stanley Jones studied at Wigan School of Art and then the Slade School of Art in London. He studied lithography in Paris at the Ecole de Beaux Arts and the Atelier Patris, Montparnasse, before returning to London with his wealth of knowledge and skills to help set up the Curwen Studio. Curwen Studio, led by Stanley, was a major part of a rapid development in British Printmaking, allowing artists the freedom to work in artistic printmaking and building Stanley's reputation as one of the greatest master printmakers of all time. During this period Stanley printed with major British artists of the 20th century including Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Elisabeth Frink, Paula Rego, Ceri Richards, David Hockney and Edward Bawden. At this time Stanley also began lecturing in lithography at the Slade School of Art. The Curwen Print Study Centre, a development from the Curwen Studio, was founded by Stanley as an educational charity in the 1990’s. His passion for printmaking inspired his aim that handcrafted fine art printmaking was protected for future generations and that artists of all abilities have the opportunity to learn and develop these skills. Stanley was awarded an MBE in 2000 for 'services to lithography.' All in good condition with light creasing.