(1887–1934)
British etcher, engraver, mezzotint artist and educator. Trained at St. Martin’s School of Art and under Frank Short at the Royal College of Art, Litten rose to become Senior Master (and later Vice-Principal) at St. Martin’s. Drawing on his travels in Spain and Italy, he produced finely detailed, atmospheric series—most notably of Venice and the Thames—that blend rigorous realism with poetic, dreamlike sensibility. His work is marked by both technical precision and a luminous, imaginative depth.
