tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post1947457067305438663..comments2024-03-26T22:36:52.981+00:00Comments on Modern Printmakers: Sydney Lee: colour woodcutsHaji babahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-80388132372900732332011-12-17T21:50:37.691+00:002011-12-17T21:50:37.691+00:00Probably just as well.Probably just as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-23824084593080966722011-12-17T21:33:13.680+00:002011-12-17T21:33:13.680+00:00I'm not so sure about that: I can relate Royds...I'm not so sure about that: I can relate Royds' "Magnolias" to Lawrence's "Bavarian Gentians", but I can't relate her Indian prints to "Lady Chatterly"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-25713882102338580932011-12-17T21:04:38.067+00:002011-12-17T21:04:38.067+00:00Lawrence described Lady Chatterley as looking like...Lawrence described Lady Chatterley as looking like a Gloire de Dijon rose. He meant the tints and petals of the flesh I suppose. But that does also suggest there is more to Royd's Indian prints than meets the eye.<br /><br />CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-33226446994587114692011-12-17T20:21:24.183+00:002011-12-17T20:21:24.183+00:00Funny you're saying that, Charles: when I look...Funny you're saying that, Charles: when I look at Royds' and O'Keeffe's flowers, I always have to think of "Bavarian Gentians".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-29895009645155802562011-12-17T19:29:18.566+00:002011-12-17T19:29:18.566+00:00In fact, Klaus, I much prefer Royds later work (th...In fact, Klaus, I much prefer Royds later work (the flowers etc) to the Indian prints as well.<br /><br />I wasn't talking about portraits. But I think some of the the flowers have a kind of nudity, which may make me sound like DH Lawrence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-15028519558821428082011-12-17T13:38:26.204+00:002011-12-17T13:38:26.204+00:00Maybe leonhard Fanto from Dresden would be another...Maybe leonhard Fanto from Dresden would be another example. I think he is very remarkable for his use of colour and his empathetic portraits. At the risk of disagreeing with Charles again, I prefer them to Royds' Indians. I think Royds' plants are her best works, for example the "Grapes".<br /><br />KlausAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-68420444572918162292011-12-15T22:50:29.266+00:002011-12-15T22:50:29.266+00:00The point is this: Mabel Royds was the only colour...The point is this: Mabel Royds was the only colour woodcut artist I can think who trained at the Slade and the Slade was famous for its emphasis on drawing from life. Her prints of semi-naked Indian men are highly unusual but the Slade is where it began.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-87207574161007011372011-12-15T09:53:54.631+00:002011-12-15T09:53:54.631+00:00Surely there's one artist who wasn't afrai...Surely there's one artist who wasn't afraid of cutting and showing people in his prints too. Following in the footsteps of August Lepère. And he did the most intimate and individual of portraits too. I'll show them soon. GerrieGerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-2338053998724753152011-12-14T20:32:30.576+00:002011-12-14T20:32:30.576+00:00Klaus, we don't always agree but we do agree a...Klaus, we don't always agree but we do agree about The Sloop Inn.<br /><br />I wondered whether you had seen the Lees. The St Ives prints all went for about €300, which is quite alot for a British colour woodcut. But they seem to be pretty rare and there are very few online.<br /><br />I think the reason they found their way to Germany was through the Books & Graphics Fair at either Leipzig or Dresden (it was whereever Siegfried Berndt studied). Other Briitsh contemporaries of Lee's exhibited there.<br /><br />Nudes are unusual in colour woodcut but Orlik did a series of good portraits of people he knew. The Austrians realised it was much better suited to animals as a medium. In Jungnickel's hands they did become portraits. John Platt did some of the best figure subjects amongst British artists but Mary Fairclough did some good linocut portraits, especially her wonderful gypsey woman with the pipe!<br /><br />CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-41826808130381705402011-12-14T18:58:19.033+00:002011-12-14T18:58:19.033+00:00Hi Charles,
it feels great to read your posts aga...Hi Charles,<br /><br />it feels great to read your posts again after a little break, inspiring and interesting as always. I hope you are well!<br /><br />Lee's The Sloop Inn is wonderful! I saw it was on sale at the German auction house, but it wasn't exactly cheap, as far as I remember. Anyway, it makes sense that Lee returns to England.<br /><br />The subject of people in woodblocks is an interesting one. Many artists seem to avoid to depict people, I think I can also understand why. The woodblock print doesn't seem to be the right medium to bring out a person's individuality, in most cases, at least. I think Lee's print is also reminiscient of some of Walter Philipp's works. Philipps often showed his children in his prints and is remarkably sensitive in these works, avoiding any kind of "sweetness" and bringing out some of the quarrels of adolescence. Another, quite similar example would be R.L.Howey's print "Bluebells", which I love. <br /><br />greetings!<br /><br />KlausAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com