tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post1270387954195688923..comments2024-03-02T16:27:44.119+00:00Comments on Modern Printmakers: Society of Graver Printers in Colour, Fourteenth Annual Exhibition, 1929Haji babahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-55400142757973185302022-08-18T19:28:01.334+01:002022-08-18T19:28:01.334+01:00Thank you for being yoouThank you for being yoouWasp Nest Removal Quincyhttps://www.bee-wasp-removal.com/us/bee-removal-massachusetts/wasp-nest-removal-quincy.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-77043063642646019492012-12-22T17:43:17.918+00:002012-12-22T17:43:17.918+00:00I wrote this post around the Stevenson because dif...I wrote this post around the Stevenson because different readers had tipped me off about the auction. I think the post went up on sale day, so, no, James, it wasn't sold on to me, much as I would like it. On the face of it, £95 wasn't expensive.Haji babahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-31899961199646916062012-12-22T00:56:30.668+00:002012-12-22T00:56:30.668+00:00I was wondering if you had re-purchased the Steven...I was wondering if you had re-purchased the Stevenson print<br />at Shapes of Edinburgh? It sold for £95 and I was the underbidder.<br /><br /> James BarnesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-37172611165916414542012-12-03T17:31:25.430+00:002012-12-03T17:31:25.430+00:00I received an interesting comment by e mail about ...I received an interesting comment by e mail about the way Cheyne achieved the gradations of colour - one of the most distinctive features of his work. My reader assumed he had used a roller in the way Robert Gibbings did, but I've just had a look at 'Summer Picnic' where there is a variety of brushmarks (and marks of some kind that suggest application by hand). I also note that the Prussian blue is a flat area of colour and the he may also have used a roller for the sky. But did Hokusai's printers do that? Surely they used brushes. Any ideas?<br /><br />I tread a rather tricky path on this kind of post because I am bound to put a foot wrong somewhere. I really didn't have very much to say about the Thiemann but tend to assume that readers will soon turn eloquent about their favourites.<br /><br />But I'm glad you enjoyed it. There's an ongoing conversation here, one which is rewarding all round. Unfortunately, not all the comments end up in the box - no more than all the prints I'd like to post end up being posted. Haji babahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-61337104608969320572012-12-02T18:58:54.082+00:002012-12-02T18:58:54.082+00:00I'm glad you enjoyed the post. There were othe...I'm glad you enjoyed the post. There were other prints I could have posted but there are even more, though, that I would still like to find. It's always rewarding to find new images when readers are appreciative.<br /><br />If you look on the Eric Slater website, you will find a short film about him. I have to admit, the quality of the image is poor and I always want to retract on Slater, to some extent.<br /><br />Even at the time, Cheyne was highly rated and his prices didn't make a huge amount of sense. There was an exhibition of work by six leading colour woodcut artists in the forties. Cheyne was one, Giles another, Seaby a third. He is one of the most frustrating artists to deal with. Despite the esteem he is held in today, we still know so little about him.Haji babahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-63374223945863246762012-12-02T16:30:49.274+00:002012-12-02T16:30:49.274+00:00Charles,
as you probably know, I find this post tr...Charles,<br />as you probably know, I find this post tremendously interesting: both reading your text and looking at the images is a delight! In my opinion, it's the Cheyne that takes the biscuit. Normally I am not a big fan of modernist mumbo-jumbo (as a matter of fact: neither was my grandma), but the fresh casuality and playfulness with which he creates a Scottish Fuji between a Hokusai sky and purple heather is just irresistable. I'd give you two Bresslern-Roths for this one!<br /><br />The Thiemann is quite interesting, too, although I find his floral subjects rather stale and boring. Still, this is one of the nicer examples, and you are certainly right about the importance of empty space here. He might have learned that from Fritz Lang, the master of spareness, too, don't you think? I have only a black-and-white image of his Silver Pheasants in a catalogue raisonne, it looks similar to some of M.E.Phillips fowl.<br />As usual, you are a bit unfair with Slater. The print you show is definitely Seaford Head. I see your point about a lack of focus and restriction here, but you can also see things from another point of view: Slater's print is of dazzling complexity, nonetheless he manages to create a whole in which the numerous different colours and spaces fit perfectly. Note the different nuances of green and brown which he uses in order to illustrate the play of sunlight and shadows of clouds on the water and the shore, for example. I think this print is his best work, a masterpiece!<br /><br />Klaus Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com