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Colour print of roof in blue, brown, yellow, on cover of Scene Through Wood, A Century of Modern Wood Engraving', by Ashmolean Museum.
Colour print of roof in blue, brown, yellow, on cover of Scene Through Wood, A Century of Modern Wood Engraving', by Ashmolean Museum.
Colour print of roof in blue, brown, yellow, on cover of Scene Through Wood, A Century of Modern Wood Engraving', by Ashmolean Museum.
Colour print of roof in blue, brown, yellow, on cover of Scene Through Wood, A Century of Modern Wood Engraving', by Ashmolean Museum.
Colour print of roof in blue, brown, yellow, on cover of Scene Through Wood, A Century of Modern Wood Engraving', by Ashmolean Museum.
Colour print of roof in blue, brown, yellow, on cover of Scene Through Wood, A Century of Modern Wood Engraving', by Ashmolean Museum.
Colour print of roof in blue, brown, yellow, on cover of Scene Through Wood, A Century of Modern Wood Engraving', by Ashmolean Museum.
Colour print of roof in blue, brown, yellow, on cover of Scene Through Wood, A Century of Modern Wood Engraving', by Ashmolean Museum.

Scene Through Wood

A Century of Modern Wood Engraving

By (author) Anne Desmet RA

$35.00

  • Covers the entire history of wood engraving, including every major artist of the genre
  • Accompanies the Scene through Wood: A Century of Wood Engraving exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, from 28 March to 12 July 2020
Full Description
The Ashmolean Museum houses one of the most extensive collections of wood engravings in the world. The collection effectively began with the gift in 1964, by Arthur Mitchell, of over 3,000 prints, including a large group of wood engravings. During the 1980s and 1990s, it expanded remarkably with acquisitions of large groups of prints, often as gifts from the artists, resulting in a succession of monographic exhibitions on some of the most important wood engravers. They included John Farleigh (1986), John Buckland Wright (1990), Clare Leighton (1992), Monica Poole (1993) and Anne Desmet (1998). A key point in this period of expansion was the acquisition of a comprehensive body of work by Gertrude Hermes and Blair Hughes-Stanton in 1995 from the artists’ family, which resulted in a memorable exhibition organized by Katharine Eustace. More recently, the Ashmolean has formed a close partnership with the Society of Wood Engravers (SWE) and has been keeping the collection up to date by acquiring work by members, both at the Society’s annual exhibition and privately. This exhibition catalog covers the entire history of wood engraving, including every major artist of the genre.
About the Author
Anne Desmet, is only the third wood engraver to have been elected a Royal Academician; her predecessors were Gertrude Hermes and Charles Tunnicliffe. She has close links with the Ashmolean and with Oxford, having studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art as an undergraduate at Worcester College, which recently elected her to an honorary fellowship. Anne has worked tirelessly on this project, bringing a particular sensitivity to the selection as one of the most distinguished and imaginative of wood engravers.
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Specifications
Publisher
Ashmolean Museum
ISBN
9781910807378
Published
29th Apr 2020
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
8.66 in x 11.02 in
Pages
256 Pages
Illustrations
294 color, 5 b&w
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