Isabelle Mulvany

Isabelle Mulvany - Contemporary Woodcut, Moonlit Melancholy

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A delightful coloured woodblock print depicting a woman wearing a yukata and geta as part of her traditional Japanese dress. Signature stamped in character...

A delightful Japanese woodblock depicting a Geisha draped in decorative textiles. Inscribed to the top right and lower right. Signature stamped in characters. Presented in a contempo...

A vibrant Japanese woodblock print depicting a Japanese gentleman in traditional dress. Signed in characters. Presented in a wooden frame. On paper.

A heavy hitting and graphic woodcut by the Galician-Jewish illustrator and painter, Arthur Kolnik. The woodcut shows a poor woman, looking despairingly up at the sky as she cradles t...

A wonderfully intricate woodblock by the 18th Century Japanese artist. Torii Kiyonaga. The scene shows two geisha strolling together around Tanaka Castle (as stated in the inscriptio...

A fine 19th Century restrike of the original woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro. The image comes from the series "A Sundial of Maidens," which is a series of scenes showing the lives of h...

Signed and titled in pencil, from the edition of 25. A young native girl in traditional clothes. The turbulent times of the 70’s set the tone for Fuente...

Signed proof copy from edition of unknown size. Most of Wolff's prints were done in very small numbers, and each was often unique. Born in 1922 in San Francisco, William F. Wolff ...

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. Canterbury Tales...

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...

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. Border for The Canterbury Tales...

Edition of 150 1 Color Woodcut on Somerset Satin White, 300 gsm