Box of Delights: Wood Engravings from the Ashmolean Collection - Couverture souple

Desmet, Anne

 
9781910807385: Box of Delights: Wood Engravings from the Ashmolean Collection
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1910807389 ISBN 13 : 9781910807385
Editeur : Ashmolean Museum, 2021

Synopsis

  • The Ashmolean has one of the greatest wood engraving collections in the world
  • Well respected wood Engraver, Anne Desmet, selects 45 of her favourite wood engravings from this collection


The Ashmolean Museum houses one of the most extensive collections of wood engravings in the world. The collection effectively began with the gift in 1964, by Arthur Mitchell, of over 3,000 prints, including a large group of wood engravings. During the 1980s and 1990s, it expanded remarkably with acquisitions of large groups of prints, often as gifts from the artists, resulted in a succession of monographic exhibitions on some of the most important wood engravers. They included John Farleigh (1986), John Buckland Wright (1990), Clare Leighton (1992), Monica Poole (1993) and Anne Desmet (1998).

A key point in this period of expansion was the acquisition of a comprehensive body of work by Gertrude Hermes and Blair Hughes-Stanton in 1995 from the artists' family, which resulted in a memorable exhibition organised by Katharine Eustace. More recently, the Ashmolean has formed a close partnership with the SWE, and has been keeping the collection up to date by acquiring work by members, both at the Society s annual exhibition and privately.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l?auteur

Anne Desmet, is only the third wood engraver to have been elected a Royal Academician; her predecessors were Gertrude Hermes and Charles Tunnicliffe. She has close links with the Ashmolean and with Oxford, having studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art as an undergraduate at Worcester College, which recently elected her to an honorary fellowship. Anne has worked tirelessly on this project, bringing a particular sensitivity to the selection as one of the most distinguished and imaginative of wood engravers.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Ashmolean Museum
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1910807389
ISBN 13 
9781910807385
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
48
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible