This exhibition is now closed
The Golden Age
18 December 2015 –
22 May 2016
An exhibition of twentieth century British and New Zealand wood engravings.
Wood engraving experienced a remarkable revival in England during the 1920s, a golden age that coincided with the private press movement. Bringing together examples by both British and New Zealand artists these wood-engravings are full of zest and the works punch above their weight. They are small, exquisite gems that reflect the skill and finesse of the artists who made them.
My Gallery
Collection works in this exhibition
Curator:
Peter Vangioni
Exhibition number: 986
Collection works in this exhibition (51)
Diana & Endymion
John Buckland Wright
Parua Bay
Bert Tornquist
The Magical Wooden Head
E. Mervyn Taylor
Skaters
Eileen Mayo
Promenade
Paul Nash
Death and the Woodcutter
Leo Bensemann
New Year
Eileen Mayo
Mother and Son
Eileen Mayo
The Doves
Eileen Mayo
Untitled (Kiwi and Worm)
Robert Gibbings
St Brendan and the Sea Monsters
Robert Gibbings
Native Fuchsia
E. Mervyn Taylor
Tauhou Feeding Chick
E. Mervyn Taylor
Fish
Agnes Miller Parker
Coquette
Agnes Miller Parker
Lorton, Cumberland
Tom Chadwick
The Lacemaker
Barbara Moray Williams
Fox
Agnes Miller Parker
Fallow Deer
Eric Daglish
Cabbage Butterfly
Eric Daglish
Stag
David Michael Jones
Night
Leo Bensemann
Poplars in France
Gwen Raverat
Threshing
Gwen Raverat
The Nightingale
John Farleigh
Pompey
David Michael Jones
Doctor Faustus Conjuring Mephistophilis
Eric William Ravilious
Decoration To ‘Five Eyes’
Eric William Ravilious
Cover and Frontispiece design to the House in the Country
John Nash
Spurge Laurel
John Nash
Goats on the Mountain
Robert Gibbings
The Golden Age
Gwen Raverat
Deposition
Bernard Rice
More People
Gertrude Hermes
Resting
Clare Leighton
Threshing
Clare Leighton
Hemlock
John Farleigh
The Harvest
Gertrude Hermes
When Fishes Flew and Forests Walked (from ‘The Donkey’ By G. K. Chesterton)
Tom Chadwick
Ruth Lowinsky
Eric Gill
Mid Coral Caves, Bermuda
Robert Gibbings
Provençal Farm
Peter Luling
Plowman’s Cottage
Ethelbert White
Carrying of the Cross
Eric Gill
Iris, Burweed and Rushes
Agnes Miller Parker
Turkish Bath
Blair Rowlands Hughes-Stanton
Three Bathers
John Buckland Wright
Turkeys in the Snow
Mary E Groom
Flocking Starlings
Eric Daglish
Geese
Agnes Miller Parker
Be still Earth, be silent, be still and be silent
Francis A. Shurrock
Related
Notes
Lorton, Cumberland by Tom Chadwick
This article first appeared as 'Wood engraving artist finally won recognition' in The Press on 27 June 2014.
Notes
Death and the woodcutter by Leo Bensemann
This article first appeared as 'Death mastered' in The Press on 28 March 2013.
Notes
Heavy metal and the black arts
To a self-confessed printing-press spotter like me, this Diadem treadle platen press, which belonged to Leo Bensemann, is quite simply an awesome machine.
