Mabel Allington Royds

Mabel A. Royds The Shepherds Woodblock print c.1920

c.1915-20

Mabel Alington Royds (1874-1941) Boat Builders Signed in pencil c.1915-1920 Woodblock Print 23 x 30cm Born in Bedfordshire, Mabel Royds was a painter, pr...

To find more of these unusual woodblock prints by Royds scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Mabel A. Royds (1874-1941) The Lamas Harvest Colour woodblock print Signed in pencil Exhibited 1923 14 x 21cm (approx.) Born in Bedfordshire, Mabel Royds was a painter, printmaker and illustrator. She studied under Henry Tonks at the Slade, after which she travelled to Paris - where she worked in the studio of Walter Sickert - and to Canada, before starting to teach at the Edinburgh College of Art in 1911. In 1914 she married the printmaker Ernest Lumsden...

To find more of these unusual woodblock prints by Royds scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Mabel A. Royds (1874-1941) Colour woodblock print Signed in pencil Exhibited 1919 27.5 x 20cm (approx.) In Ladakh, in northern India, a view of Chortens - monuments to famous Buddhists Born in Bedfordshire, Mabel Royds was a painter, printmaker and illustrator. She studied under Henry Tonks at the Slade, after which she travelled to Paris - where she worked in the studio of Walter Sickert - and to Canada, before starting to teach at the Edinburgh College of Art in 1911. In 1914 she married the printmaker Ernest Lumsden...

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From a series of wood engravings by Eric Gill. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Initial Letter 'H' for The Canterbury Tales (1929) - The Doctor's Tale Woodblock Print Published Hague & Gill 1934 in an unnumbered edition of 300 23x21cm Following Chichester Technical and Art School, Gill moved to London in 1900 to train with the ecclesiastical architects W D Caroe. Finding architecture somewhat pedestrian he took stonemasonry lessons at Westminster Technical Institute and calligraphy lessons at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, coming under the influence of Edward Johnson, the designer of the London Underground's own typeface. In 1903 he ceased his attempts to become an architect, instead becoming a monumental mason, letter-cutter and calligrapher. Based in Ditchling, he began direct carving of stone figures, the semi-abstract figures taking their influence from mediaeval statuary, mixed with influences from Classical statuary from the Greeks and Romans, with a little post-Impressionism added in. With major commissions from Westminster Cathedral for its Stations of the Cross (1914), a series of War Memorials including the Grade II* memorial in Trumpington, and three of the sculptures for Charles Holden's 1928 headquarters of London Underground at 55 Broadway, St James's, and a series of sculptures for the new 1932 Broadcasting House. The list continues. Never one to rest on his laurels, he was at the same time engaged in typographical adventures. He had collaborated with Edward Johnson on the latter's initial thoughts on his London Transport typeface, but in 1925 designed Perpetua on his own, and Gill Sans between 1927-30. For the Golden Cockerel Press he created, in 1929, a bolder typeface to complement wood engravings. And of course Gill was publishing decorated...

Edward Henry Gordon Craig (British, 1872-1966) La Procession Nocturne (state 1) Woodcut Inscribed `State 1 only 8 copies’ (lower left under mount) 5.1/8 ...

Image dimensions: 19.4 x 12.7 cm. Blue Christmas is an original xylograph on laid ivory-colored paper, hand-watercolored by an anonymous artist at the beginning of XX century. This is a modern artwork representing a Santa Claus in blue dress, sitting on a grey pouf...

Constasts is an original modern artwork realized in 1929 in France by Paul Hermann (1879 - 1969). Original woodcut print on paper. Dated and Hand-signed by the artist in pencil on...

A beautiful signed and dated 1935 Art Deco woodcut depicting well dressed figures in a town. The work is superbly executed and in very good condition for age. Presented in a black an...

Orchid and small swallows (Hokuri, kotsubame). Original preparatory watercolor next to the finished original Japanese woodblock print. This is a highly finished preparatory watercolo...

Barley, broad beans and a lark (Omugi, soramame, hibari). Original preparatory watercolor next to the finished original Japanese woodblock print. This is a highly finished preparator...