Peter Milton is a major force in the printmaking world. Using etching and engraving techniques, Milton often spends a year or more to create his large and complex images. At Yale University under Josef Albers, Milton developed a concern less for the surface appearance of objects, but rather for the explication of their underlying, substantive qualities. Milton conveys meaning through a contextual environment of people, places, and moments in time.
Milton’s imagery frequently draws on elements from the late 19th and early 20th century English and French literary world. Rendering such imagery in a rich tonal scale of black and whites, Milton manages not only capture the mood of another era but also mid-century cinema. He cites among his major influences Ingmar Bergman and Fellini. With time and reflection, a narrative in Milton’s densely symbolic and historically referential images unfolds. Milton has received numerous awards for his prints, has a published book titled Peter Milton: Complete Prints 1960-1996, and is in every major museum collection.
Milton, Peter
(from Interiors I) 1984 Etching and engraving Signed and numbered 19 ½ x 35 ½ in Edition of 175 SOLD1996 Intaglio Signed and numbered 18 x 15 in Edition of 175 SOLD(from Points of Departure II) 1995-96 Etching Signed and numbered 24 x 38 in Edition of 175 SOLD(from Interiors IV) 1987 Etching and engraving Signed and numbered 24 x 36 in Edition of 175 SOLD(from Points of Departure) 1999 Etching Signed and numbered 28 ¼ x 40 5/8 in Edition of 20 SOLD(from Interiors II) 1986 Etching Signed and numbered 29 ½ x 23 ¾ in Edition of 175 SOLD2008 Etching Signed and numbered 30 ¼ x 44 in Edition of 75 SOLD1994 Intaglio 18 x 15 in Edition of 175 SOLD(from Interiors V) 1988 Intaglio Signed and numbered 30 x 22 in Edition of 175 SOLDMilton’s imagery frequently draws on elements from the late 19th and early 20th century English and French literary world. Rendering such imagery in a rich tonal scale of black and whites, Milton manages not only capture the mood of another era but also mid-century cinema. He cites among his major influences Ingmar Bergman and Fellini. With time and reflection, a narrative in Milton’s densely symbolic and historically referential images unfolds. Milton has received numerous awards for his prints, has a published book titled Peter Milton: Complete Prints 1960-1996, and is in every major museum collection.