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“Deliberation”, from Abraham Lincoln: Biography in Woodcuts (1933), by Charles Turzak. A World's Fair was opened in Chicago in May 1933. Formally known as A Century of Progress International Exhibition, to celebrate Chicago's centenary, the fair featured an Abraham Lincoln village featuring recreations of buildings connected to the 16th American president and favorite son of Illinois. [4]
Gustave Baumann (June 27, 1881 – October 8, 1971) was an American printmaker and painter, and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America. [1] His works have been shown at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the New Mexico Museum of Art. [2]
Woodcuts is a live album by saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. It was recorded on October 21, 2008, at Kampenjazz in Oslo, and was released in 2010 by the Norwegian Smalltown Superjazzz label.
The Tench, A History of British Fishes (1835), by William Yarrell. The terms "woodcut" and "wood engraving" were used interchangeably in the early and middle part of the 19th century, until the modern distinction emerged towards the end of the century, with confusion often extending into the 20th century among non-specialists.
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Consequently, woodcut was the main medium for book illustrations until the late sixteenth century. The first woodcut book illustration dates to about 1461, only a few years after the beginning of printing with movable type, printed by Albrecht Pfister in Bamberg. Woodcut was used less often for individual ("single-leaf") fine-art prints from ...
The process of creating woodblock prints as Asian examples are known, or woodcuts as Western examples are called, has been known for many centuries, and many older prints have experienced aging and deterioration of the paper and colorants used. Print shows discoloration, tearing, creasing, and water damage.
woodcut 1932 B: Autumn: color woodcut 1924 2 ½” x 4 ¼” W M: Back Porch: woodcut 1928 5 1/16” x 6 ¾” B W M: Barber Shop: woodcut 1927 B W: Barker Homestead (aka Old Homestead) woodcut 1930 6” x 8 ⅞” W: Barn in Winter: woodcut 1928 B: Barnyard (aka Barnyard at Home) woodcut 1926 4 ½” x 5 ½” B W: Barn-yard: woodcut 1932 B ...