Leo Meissner was a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists, Boston Printmakers, the Prairie Print Makers, Audubon Artists, the Philadelphia Print Club and a full Academician of the National Academy of Design. His graphic art received awards from the Southern Printmakers (1937 and 1938), the Detroit Institute of Art (1943 and 1945) and the Library of Congress (1943 and 1945). Today his original wood engravings and woodcuts are included in the following collections; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, Baltimore Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the University of Maine Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Leo Meissner, Let's Dance, Shall We?
By Leo Meissner
Located in New York, NY
Detroit-born Leo Meissner lived in New York and was respected as a painter, draftsman, and illustrator, but is most known for his wood engravings. His ski...
Woodcut
FOOTBRIDGE, PERKINS COVE
By Leo Meissner
Located in Portland, ME
Meissner, Leo. FOOTBRIDGE - PERKINS COVE. Wood-engraving, not dated. Edition of 60. Numbered 40/60, titled and signed, all in pencil. 9 x 6 inches, 229 x 152 mm. Framed to 16 3/4 x ...
Woodcut
$200
H 9.5 in W 12.5 in D 0.1 in
Blue Texas Modernist Abstract Surrealist Space Themed Landscape Block Print
Located in Houston, TX
Blue space themed surrealist block print by Texas modernist artist Josefa Vaughan. The yellow toned abstract forms create a whimsical landscape. Signed "Fo...
Woodcut
$475
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
"Enshoku Sanju-roku Kasen" (Thirty-six Enchanting Flowers) Woodblock on paper
By Toyohara Kunichika
Located in Soquel, CA
"Enshoku Sanju-roku Kasen" (Thirty-six Enchanting Flowers) Woodblock on paper Elegant woodblock print by Toyohara Kunuchika (Japanese, 1835-1900). Three women are in talking with each other inside, while a man waits outside holding a bag of some kind. The colors in this piece are rich and saturated, primarily blues, greens, and purple. Mat size: 16"H x 20"W Paper size: 14.75"H x 9.88"W Born in 1835, Toyohara Kunichika grew up in the Kyobashi district of Edo in the midst of merchants and artisans. In 1848, at age 13, he was accepted as an apprentice into the studio of Utagawa Kunisada I...
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
THE THAW
By William Seltzer Rice
Located in Santa Monica, CA
WILLIAM SELTZER RICE (1873 - 1963) THE THAW c 1915-20 Color woodcut, signed and titled in pencil. Image 8 7/8 x 12 inches, sheet 10 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches. On textured fibrous paper. V...
Color, Woodcut
VALLEY RAMPARTS -
By Frances H. Gearhart
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958) VALLEY RAMPARTS 1933 Color block print, signed and titled in pencil. 10 1/8 x 12 inches. Very large and good impression In generally good condition. ...
Woodcut
$280
H 13.39 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
La Majolata - Original Woodcut by Giorgio Levi-Minzi- Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
La Majolata is an original woodcut print by Giorgio Levi-Minzi in the early 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced composi...
Woodcut
Jonah on the Way
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Jonah on the Way" 1975, is an original colors wood block print on thin paper by noted Austrian artist Bernd Kroeber, b.1942. It is hans signed, titled, dated and...
Woodcut
Katsura Kyoto (L)
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito – Japanese – (1907-1997) Title: Katsura, Kyoto (L) Year: 1964 Medium: Woodblock Image size: 18 x 24 inches. Sheet size: 21.5x 28.5 inches. Signature: Signed, ...
Paper, Woodcut
"Nara" Japanese Townscape
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Houston, TX
Landscape print of small Japanese city, Nara (A). Signature and seal lower right. Mat board covers the margins which may have date, title and edition. Non-glare glass makes inspection and photography difficult. Visible Area: H 15 in. x W 20.5 in. Artist Biography: Kiyoshi Saito was born in Fukushima prefecture in 1907. At the age of five he moved to Otaru in Hokkaido, where he would come to serve as an apprentice to a sign painter. Saito became infatuated with art after studying drawing with Gyokusen Narita and moved to Tokyo in 1932 to study Western-style painting at the Hongo Painting Institute. He began experimenting with woodblock prints and exhibiting his works with Nihon Hanga Kyokai in 1936. Saito mainly worked in oil painting until his invitation from Tadashige Ono...
Woodcut
Biensennyo-ko Japanese Woodblock Print
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Houston, TX
Japanese Woodblock print of a Biensennyo-ko a powder face women. Behind the women is a framed cityscape. The print is possibly from the series "Eight Favorite Things in the Modern World". The woodblock print is printed on rice paper. The print is not framed. Artist Biography: Keisai Eisen...
Woodcut
Iris at Dusk
By Daniel Joshua Goldstein
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Iris at Dusk" 1980 is an original color woodblock print with embossing by American artist Daniel Joshua Goldstein, b.1950....
Woodcut
Fishing Boats in Cap Muroto
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Fishing Boats in Cap Muroto" c.1950, is an original woodcut on paper by Japanese artist Gihachiro Okuyama, 1907-1981. It is hand signed and inscribed in Japanese...
Woodcut
Brazilian Rainforest
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 25. Morinoue first observed the Brazilian rainforest in 1997 when the exhibition he designed, The Kona Coffee Story: Along the Hawai'i Belt Road, was shown in...
Woodcut
Hannah
By Leo Meissner
Located in New York, NY
Detroit-born Leo Meissner lived in New York and summered for half a century on the island of Monehgan, off the Maine coast. Respected as a painter, draft...
Woodcut
Assembly Line
By Leo Meissner
Located in New Orleans, LA
Assembly Line is a signed wood engraving of a still life focused on certain sartorial tools. It is an edition of 50 Born into a poor family in Michigan in 1895, Leo Meissner...
Wood, Engraving
CIVILIZATION AD 1935
By Leo Meissner
Located in Portland, ME
Meissner, Leo. CIVILIZATION AD 1935. Wood Engraving, 1935. Edition of 50. Titled, numbered 14/50, and signed in pencil. 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (image), 16 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches (sheet)....
Woodcut
WAR BULLETINS
By Leo Meissner
Located in Portland, ME
Meissner, Leo. WAR BULLETINS. Wood Engraving, 1942. Ediiton of 50. Titled, Numbered 40/50 and signed in pencil. 8 x 9 1/4 inches (image), 10 x 11 1/2 inches (sheet). In excellent con...
Woodcut