Scene through wood : a century of modern wood engraving / Anne Desmet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desmet, Anne, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Ashmolean Museum, host institution.

Society of Wood Engravers.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Society of Wood Engravers.

Wood-engraving, British--20th century--Exhibitions.

Wood-engraving, British.

Wood-engraving--20th century--Exhibitions.

Wood-engraving.

Society of Wood Engravers--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Ashmolean Museum, 2020.

Summary:

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 organised 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.0This exhibition catalogue covers the entire history of wood engraving, including every major artist of the genre.00Exhibition: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (28.03.-12.07.2020).

Contents:

Wood Engraving - Origins p. 42

A Sense of Scale p. 50

Commercial Design p. 52

The Theatre of Life p. 67

Public Spectacle p. 68

Work and Play p. 78

Construction and Destruction p. 92

Storytelling p. 103

The Natural World p. 141

Dramatic Landscape p. 142

Tree-life p. 155

Flora p. 163

Fauna p. 173

The Built Environment p. 191

Urban Life p. 192

The Grand Tour p. 206

Architectural Invention p. 214

Abstraction and Detail p. 219.

Notes:

Exhibition catalogue held at Ashmolean Museum, 28 March to 12 July 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1910807370

9781910807378

OCLC:

1137821102