Norman Ackroyd
Born in Leeds in 1938, Norman Ackroyd attended the Leeds College of Art and then trained at the Royal College of Art where he studied under Julian Trevelyan. Norman produced works in a range of media but was most prolific in etching and is considered one of Britain's most celebrated printmakers.
Norman’s love of landscape was nurtured by long boyhood bicycle rides in the Yorkshire Dales. He would take ink, plate and acid into the field in order to, as he put it, get to the root of ‘the things that stirred me’. The metal plate can be worked on directly, the acid painted on as if a watercolour, and the 'bite' stopped by a quick rinse in a stream or a wipe on the wet grass, giving a freedom and immediacy which produces truly captivating images.
Throughout his career Norman won a number of awards for his work: the South East States Open Exhibition, Carolina, USA in 1969, the Bradford International Print Biennale in 1972 and 1982, the Royal Society of Etchers and Engravers in 1984 and 1985, and the Frechen Triennale, Germany in 1986. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1988, was made Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art in 2000 and was made CBE for services to engraving and printing in 2007. He lived and worked in Bermondsey, London.
Read Eames Fine Art director Rebecca Eames's personal tribute to Norman Ackroyd here.
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Norman AckroydAilsa Craig, 2021FramedSold
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Norman AckroydMcCarthy's Castle, 2015Framed£1,090.00
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Norman AckroydPuffin Island, 2015Framed£1,090.00
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Norman AckroydScariff and Deenish, 2015FramedSold
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Norman AckroydSkellig Revisited , 2005Framed£2,200.00
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Norman AckroydThe Three Sisters - Dingle, 2008Framed£5,000.00
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Norman AckroydSouth Cadbury Hill, 1993Framed£4,600.00
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Norman AckroydDerwent Water, 1985Framed£1,070.00
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Norman AckroydHood Hill, 2021£840.00
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Norman AckroydBenbulben, 2020£980.00
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Norman AckroydBrancaster Evening, 2020£1,160.00
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Norman AckroydBrempton Cliffs, 2020£890.00
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Norman AckroydCastle Duart, 2020£890.00
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Norman AckroydHolkham Morning, 2020£980.00
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Norman AckroydOld Wardour, 2020£890.00
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Norman AckroydParrot Rock - Co Mayo, 2020£890.00
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Norman AckroydBalor’s Castle - Tory, 2008£890.00
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Norman AckroydDunaff Head, 2008£980.00
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Norman AckroydFrom Fanad Head, 2008£1,160.00
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Norman AckroydFrom Malin Head, 2008Sold
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Norman AckroydHorn Head, 2008Sold
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Norman AckroydInishtrahull, 2008£890.00
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Norman AckroydLoch Suili, 2008£980.00
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Norman AckroydThe Bloody Foreland, 2008£980.00
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Norman AckroydTor Rocks Malin, 2008£890.00
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Norman AckroydArnamurchan, 2006£890.00
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Norman AckroydHigh Island, 2003Sold
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Norman AckroydInishbofin Harbour – Bosco’s Castle, 2003£890.00
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Norman AckroydInishturk North, 2003£890.00
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Norman AckroydOn Caher Island, 2003£890.00
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Norman AckroydThe Atlantic from High Island, 2003£890.00
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Norman Ackroyd | Notes on Water
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Norman Ackroyd | East to West
7 Sep - 8 Oct 2023View the full exhibition online here. The two boxed sets that form the core of Norman Ackroyd’s latest exhibition – 2014’s From Saltburn to Flamborough and this year’s Connemara –...Read more -
Norman Ackroyd | The People Before
8 Sep - 9 Oct 2022People themselves rarely feature in Ackroyd’s images but for his latest exhibition at the gallery we are delighted to present a collection of works from the last four decades that...Read more -
Norman Ackroyd | Lockdown
Etching in the Time of Covid 2 Sep - 4 Oct 2020During the lockdown of 2020, Norman Ackroyd was unable to make his usual visit to some remote and beautiful part of the British coastline. He usually makes a trip each...Read more -
Norman Ackroyd : Reading the Landscape
New etchings and watercolours from many of Norman's favourite landscapes including a special new project: Blacksod Revisited 5 - 29 Sep 2019The notion of 'place' is at the heart of Norman Ackroyd's art. This feeling is tied not only to the aesthetic environment but also to the histories and pasts linked...Read more
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Norman Ackroyd: Widford Bridge
Film clip from 'A Prospect of Rivers', a Best Endeavours Production for Channel Four, 1988 September 2, 2022In this film clip from 1988 Norman Ackroyd discusses etching, his working methods and his love of the river Windrush. The print being created in...Read more -
Norman Ackroyd | The Infernal Method
A short film of Norman Ackroyd in his studio demonstrating the sugar lift technique and pulling a print. September 30, 2021 -
Norman Ackroyd in Conversation
Watch Norman Ackroyd discussing 'the infernal method' via a Zoom meeting to coincide with his exhibition. September 30, 2021 -
Norman Ackroyd - Unmasked, a film by Mike Southon
Norman Ackroyd discusses etching from his Bermondsey Studio September 7, 2021 -
Palmer & Me
A documentary by Mike Southon tracing the works of Samuel Palmer as they are reinvented by contemporary printmakers January 11, 2017Documentary charting the responses of 17 contemporary artists to the etchings of Samuel Palmer which culminated in a groundbreaking exhibition at Eames Fine Art Gallery...Read more
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A Common Place
Eames Fine Art, 2020Soft cover exhibition catalogue, 84 pagesRead more
Publisher: Eames Fine Art
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Norman Ackroyd
An Irish Notebook 2022Hardback, 96 pagesRead more
Publisher: RA Publications
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Norman Ackroyd | A Hebridean Notebook
2015Hardback book, 96 pagesRead more
Publisher: RA Publications, Eames Fine Art & Zillah Bell Gallery
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Norman Ackroyd | Fragments
Eames Fine Art, 2018Soft cover exhibition catalogue, 52 pagesRead more
Publisher: Eames Fine Art
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Norman Ackroyd | Here and There
Eames Fine Art, 2017Soft cover exhibition catalogue, 52 pagesRead more
Publisher: Eames Fine Art
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Norman Ackroyd | Lockdown, Etching in the Time of Covid
Eames Fine Art, 2020Soft cover exhibition catalogue, 52 pagesRead more
Publisher: Eames Fine Art
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Norman Ackroyd | Reading the Landscape, Blacksod Revisited
Eames Fine Art, 2019Soft cover exhibition catalogue, 52 pagesRead more
Publisher: Eames Fine Art
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Norman Ackroyd | The Furthest Lands Postcard Pack
Eames Fine ArtPostcard PackRead more
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Norman Ackroyd | The Infernal Method
2021Soft cover catalogue, 52 pagesRead more
Publisher: Eames Fine Art
Dimensions: 210 x 210