International studio (49.1913)

Wood-Engraving for Colour


LAPWINGS

BY ALLEN W. SEABY

of the sky, is a print of
charm.
Mr. Allen W. Seaby,
who directs the art
classes at the University
College, Reading, is one
of the most enthusiastic
advocates of the wood-
engraved colour-print,
and the four prints given
here are typical of his
artistic expression
through that medium.
They will show, I think,
that he is equally happy
in design and colour.
While frankly decorative,
they are instinct with
artistic vitality. The
Bridge is a very beautiful
print. The blue and
green tones are richly
harmonious, while the
tender pink of the sunset
sky, seen under the
bridge, is a charming
note. This is as ad-


“the sloop inn ”

BY SYDNEY LEE

with a sky paling
deep blue to pink;
In a Little Village,
its

red roofs, its

mirably characteristic
least successful of her efforts. In its suggestive of Mr. Seaby’s landscape-vision as The Peacock,
atmospheric treatment it is full of vitality ; there is Lapwings, and Swans are of his decorative and
wind in the air, there is
movement in the sky.
Freshness of vision charac¬
terises all her prints, and
in most of them is the
appeal of charming colour.
Her skies are invariably
engaging. There is Boats
Ashore, with its fine blues
of sea and sky; there is
The House on the Lake,
with its well-placed trees,
its reflecting water, and its
deep blue sky. Evening
Pasture shows the sunset,
Autumn is a tender pas¬
toral,
from
while
with
French peasants, its
tracery of delicate
leafy tree against the
finely graduated blue

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