Norman Stevens: The Complete Prints

This is the first major publication on Norman Stevens, whose prints have been the focus of solo exhibitions at the Arnolfini, Tate, Leeds Art Gallery and most recently, in 2014, the Royal Academy.

Stevens’ first show at the Redfern was back in 1978, where he was described as “a master of the craft” by John McEwen. A year later, Stevens became the first artist to win multiple prizes at the British International Print Biennale, for his intricate, large-scale study of Stonehenge, “the most beautiful thing at Bradford”, according to Edward Lucie-Smith. The Redfern staged a full-scale prints retrospective in 1980, at which William Feaver praised Stevens’ “marvellous etching prowess”, and William Packer declared him “one of the most distinguished printmakers of his generation”. In 1983, Stevens was elected to the Royal Academy for his printmaking.