tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post8097271407981868937..comments2024-03-26T22:36:52.981+00:00Comments on Modern Printmakers: Eileen Mayo & LinolandHaji babahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-32920332963641503212012-01-07T06:30:45.617+00:002012-01-07T06:30:45.617+00:00Eileen Mayo also designed stamps for New Zealand a...Eileen Mayo also designed stamps for New Zealand and Australia. And I "think" she was the first woman to design stamps for Australia (1959-61). Through collecting stamps I have become fascinated with Mayo's artwork and often search for information and examples on the net. Thankyou for this blog post. It is a very interesting article and I enjoyed reading your views and seeing the examples of her lino prints. The Swan lino print above is my favourite, reminds me of her nature book illustrations and stamp designs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-34618445740220336522011-11-08T15:29:14.051+00:002011-11-08T15:29:14.051+00:00its at a Auction with a gallery called Charlton Ha...its at a Auction with a gallery called Charlton Hall in Columbia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-7477276015488521192011-11-08T15:28:03.018+00:002011-11-08T15:28:03.018+00:00an Eileen Mayo Water color has shown up in South C...an Eileen Mayo Water color has shown up in South Carolina of a Yellow Billed Cuckoo. Its really interesting to see these pieces showing up where they are...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-27588572632671766432011-09-12T04:52:13.510+01:002011-09-12T04:52:13.510+01:00And there is more to come, Lily.And there is more to come, Lily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-59629866332786327522011-09-12T01:28:00.999+01:002011-09-12T01:28:00.999+01:00i'm so glad you've decided to linger in th...i'm so glad you've decided to linger in this charming era. they absolutely delight me.lotusgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393867916489599891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-72463201711293516282011-09-09T18:10:30.144+01:002011-09-09T18:10:30.144+01:00I was going to leave linocut to you, Clive, now th...I was going to leave linocut to you, Clive, now that you are semi-retired. Incidentally, I learned only this week that someone at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, is writing a book about Sidney Lee. I couldn't imagine anything worse.<br /><br />'British Printmakers' gauged Isabel de B Lockyer's popularity at the time by the number of prints that were still around.<br /><br />Mayo's London milieu sounds custom-made for a Michael Holyroyd bio. I think those early prints are full of tempting ambiguities.<br /><br />CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-74223458718763383752011-09-09T11:31:13.956+01:002011-09-09T11:31:13.956+01:00Yes, well I think Dame Eileen was far more famous ...Yes, well I think Dame Eileen was far more famous in her lifetime than Isabel....this usually augers well for prices and future details. Eileen Mayo also has relatives that are still very much involved in maintianing the memory of their much celebrated family member. Isabel and Eileen are waiting for their books, any plans for the next seven years Charles?<br />CliveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-51971131041656070692011-09-09T09:24:42.784+01:002011-09-09T09:24:42.784+01:00She may not be that well known in the UK but she d...She may not be that well known in the UK but she did receive a knighthood, which is significant recognition. Her linocuts certainly seem to command high prices in Australia, which is another form of recognition again.<br /><br />But this post was only a smallish window on one aspect of her work, a personal choice. It's always the problem with concentrating on prints when artists have worked in a variety of mediums. Fortunately, there is alot of material, both images and biography, from Wikipedia and galleries so that let me off taking the exhaustive, Ethel Kirkpatrick approach to Mayo. And as you rightly say, her work doesn't always appeal sufficiently to move me to multiple posts. <br /><br />There has been more interest in this post than in the one on Lockyer, which surprised me. But there you are.<br /><br />CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-5698382181529547982011-09-09T07:29:08.450+01:002011-09-09T07:29:08.450+01:00She was also a good friend of Laura and Harold Kni...She was also a good friend of Laura and Harold Knight, who gave her an important entree to London art, as well as her connection to the Bloomsbury set and Flight himself. She certainly travelled in the right circles of interwar London. Although I love Turkish Bath, I find her works not always universally pleasing. Turkish Bath was a quick sale to the V&A, and hers was one of the first linocuts by a British woman to be purchased by the V&A....although it may have had something to do with the relationship that Redfern galleries had with the V&A at that time. I find her works though to be aesthetically stunning and then at times, naive and unappealing. <br /><br />Her later works though, I love. They are bold, modern and have visual impact and although I am a big fan of the aesthetics of the 20's and 30's, her works don't move me in the same way as I. de B Lockyer. Mayo's works from the forties and fifties are the works I like the most. She took a different approach, and her works were more blocked out and there was an attention to line. <br /><br />She isn't recognized enough in my opinion, so this blog entry does something to right this wrong. <br /><br />CliveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-16513158319446374952011-09-08T18:29:09.460+01:002011-09-08T18:29:09.460+01:00I don't think editions meant very much at that...I don't think editions meant very much at that time. Strict editions strike me as a publication/sales device for bigger prints like lithographs later on. The discussion about Ian Fleming's editions (the post last month) make interesting reading if you haven't seen it.<br /><br />Nr 1 is my favourite as well even though it is cruder than some of her later work. I would like to know the story behind it - if there is one.<br /><br />I'm not so sure about your Cizek statue. You are having a Czech time of it right now, after all. I really need to accustom myself to Linoland before I say much more.<br /><br />CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-2762898813082015672011-09-08T08:51:24.927+01:002011-09-08T08:51:24.927+01:00Hmm, I was too fast, editionsizewize. Looking clos...Hmm, I was too fast, editionsizewize. Looking closer I've seen 12 and 50 too.Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-37450762805911991172011-09-08T08:46:49.130+01:002011-09-08T08:46:49.130+01:00I like her a lot. Have you notived she sticked to ...I like her a lot. Have you notived she sticked to editions of 30 al her life? Nr.1 my favourite. I like her later Australian work too. Maybe because linocutting was a school and educational activity so many individual and, most important, creative and unique artists sprang up later from that pool. It has long since been bannend from school programs. Too dangerous for little children's fingers (and liability). Nowadays the computer is considered superior teaching and developping children's creative skills..........Much safer it is. Franz Cizek deserves and should have a statue.Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-23825413368671341002011-09-07T20:51:15.153+01:002011-09-07T20:51:15.153+01:00Anthony, you can never tell. It's still quite ...Anthony, you can never tell. It's still quite alot because JBW isn't to everyone's taste. But thanks for the tip.<br /><br />HBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-20931428768111003842011-09-07T20:35:48.654+01:002011-09-07T20:35:48.654+01:00Not on topic, I know, but having moaned on and on ...Not on topic, I know, but having moaned on and on about how linocuts make so much more money than wood engravings, there are some Buckland Wright pieces coming up at Bloomsbury Auctions at the end of this month and they are mostly listed with a 700-900 estimate. Hardly Sybil Andrews money, but not nothing either.<br /><br />High enough for me not to be able to afford them, anyway. Why was I complaining about low prices, again?Anthonynoreply@blogger.com