OUT OF THE WOOD
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AUTUMN LEAVES Charles Shannon (1863 – 1937) P2577 © copyright The Artist's Estate
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HARVEST CORN 1943 Leon Underwood (1890 – 1975) P2675 © The Artist's Estate
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LIMBING 1931 Clare Leighton (1898 – 1989) P2399 © Courtesy of the Estate of Clare Leighton
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WASHING CLOTHES, CORSICA 1934 Clare Leighton (1898 – 1989) P2652 © Courtesy of the Estate of Clare Leighton
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AUTUMN FRUITS 1935 Gertrude Hermes (1901 – 1983) P2565 © copyright The Artist's Estate
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THE WARRIOR'S TOMB 1941 Gertrude Hermes (1901 – 1983) P4242 © The Artist's Estate
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CAPTIVE PEGAUS Charles Shannon (1863 – 1937) P2578 © copyright The Artist's Estate
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WINTER Charles Shannon (1863 – 1937) P2576 © copyright The Artist's Estate
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LONDON FIRE 1941 John Buckland-Wright (1897 – 1954) P2607 © Estate of John Buckland Wright
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TITLE PAGE FOR PENTHEPERSON 1938 Joan Hassall (1906 – 1988) P2494
An exhibition over 60 woodcuts and engravings selected by Simon Brett and drawn from the rich holdings of the British Council collection. The works were acquired between 1938 and 1947 from funds donated at the inception of the Council by Lord Wakefield. The exhibition was in part the result of the renewed interest in wood engraving which began in the early 1980s. A shift in the cultural climate allowed the art to assume a profile it had not had since before the Second World War. The show included almost all the significant practitioners and several of the most celebrated images of the period when wood engraving was being taken up by artists as a creative medium and covered what has come to be seen as a sort of Golden Age of British wood engraving. A catalogue with an essay and entries by Brett was published (ISBN 086355 118 1) and the exhibition toured from 1992 until 1997.
Collection Artist(s)
- John Buckland-Wright
- Edward Gordon Craig
- Eric Fitch Daglish
- John Farleigh
- Robert John Gibbings
- Eric Gill
- Barbara Greg
- Joan Hassall
- Gertrude Hermes
- Blair Hughes-Stanton
- Norman Janes
- David Jones
- Sydney Lee
- Clare Leighton
- Iain Macnab
- Guy Malet
- Henry Moore
- Thomas Sturge Moore
- John Nash
- Paul Nash
- Agnes Miller Parker
- Claughton Pellew
- John Edgar Platt
- Gwendolen Raverat
- Bernard Rice
- Charles Ricketts
- Charles Shannon
- George Soper
- Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe
- Leon Underwood
- Clifford Webb
Glossary
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Engraving
An intaglio process whereby lines are cut into a metal or wood plate using an engraving tool (a burin), which is pushed in front of the hand to achieve a sharp controlled incision capable of great delicacy. This technique requires a great deal of control and is not suited to spontaneous mark-making.
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Medium
Refers to either the material used to create a work of art, craft or design, i.e. oil, bronze, earthenware, silk; or the technique employed i.e. collage, etching, carving. In painting the medium refers to the binder for the pigment, e.g. oil, egg, acrylic dispersion. The plural form is media.