tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post1709914138348703872..comments2024-03-26T22:36:52.981+00:00Comments on Modern Printmakers: The road to the isles: Norma Bassett Hall in the HighlandsHaji babahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-49464253379297998062015-10-23T05:49:15.880+01:002015-10-23T05:49:15.880+01:00Well, congratulations on that one. You were always...Well, congratulations on that one. You were always very assiduous in your collecting (as one has to be). I am envious. Her work is very hard to come by. Fortunately York Brunton's 'Owls' is sitting beside me wrapped in tissue as I write!Haji babahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-47679880475557825222015-10-11T06:31:28.127+01:002015-10-11T06:31:28.127+01:00By and large American colour woodcut artists were ...By and large American colour woodcut artists were more prolific than their British counterparts and you are quite right when you mention the downside to all that. The British also had watercolours to sell and I think they might have been surprised to see how much attention we now pay to their colour woodcuts. <br /><br />As for Scotland, as you well know, it is a difficult area to research. We also need to get things into perspective because it was not the Scots so much who discovered the Isles and Highlands as a tremendous subject for colour woodcut as William Giles who worked alongside Ada Shrimpton on Jura in 1922. But it was Arabella Rankin who made the best and most original contribution and she was in full spate by 1924 and given the choice between a Rankin at her best and a Rice or Bassett Hall, you would probably go for Rankin every time. This is not to rubbish the Americans, because we love their best work, but only to suggest some of them knew something was afoot in Britain. After all they had had the example of Platt taking the gold medal for 'The giant stride' at Los Angeles in 1922, hadn't they?<br /><br />Oh, and thank you for the appreciation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-17104490100182032582015-10-10T16:15:51.016+01:002015-10-10T16:15:51.016+01:00You are right: it is one print, with this title. N...You are right: it is one print, with this title. No doubt a picture and the answer and explanation about Rice' visit to Scotland will sooner or later come to us. I feel honored giving you food for thought. Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-87194618328243930192015-10-10T10:50:58.837+01:002015-10-10T10:50:58.837+01:00I wondered whether 'Zinnias and Aberfoyle'...I wondered whether 'Zinnias and Aberfoyle' might be one print rather than one. Either way, it shouldn't be too difficult to track down. But it does surprise me there is no record of Rice visiting Scotland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-31455141076489485842015-10-10T09:30:05.705+01:002015-10-10T09:30:05.705+01:00Very nice Charles, thanks. The search, the story a...Very nice Charles, thanks. The search, the story and the studying continues. Wouldn't it be nice to trace and track down with the help of readers on both sides of the ocean combined that Rice Zinnias and Aberfoyle print and also to find out what mill (and why) Elisabeth Molyneaux (also misspelled Molyncaux in literature) depicted ? Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.com