DOI Heft:
Nr. 335 (April 1925)
DOI Artikel:Macdougall, Allan Ross: Modern French woodcut
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0042
mceRnACionAL
the potter woodcut by m. meheut
cModevn PREN6H W00D6UT8
r~l ince the Wear the wood- Publishers in France are tratcd exclusively by this
^ cut as a medium for making extensive use of medium. In the case of one
book illustration has woodcuU as illustrations for ™Iume wh"f was °«g'nally
been revived in J-rance and r> j'j." s l i illustrated by pen and ink
at present it bids fair to J1^ edlti0ns °J OOOkS drawings by Victor Hugo
supplant all others. The Allan RoSS Macdouaall these were engraved on
extent of this extraordinary wood. The volumes appear
revival can be best demonstrated by a brief statis- once a month and contain from thirty to sixty
tical quotation. In 1912 the first exposition of the full-page illustrations printed from the original
Societe de la Gravure sur Bois Originate was held woodcuts, initial letters, head- and tail-pieces, all
at the Pavillion de Marsan. The number of cut by a master of the art. These books—by such
exposants was forty-nine. After being interrupted authors as Colette, Paul Bourget, Henry Bor-
by the war the expo- deaux, Claude Far-
woodcut for chapter heading by dignimont to illus- ,
sition was held again trate "les innocents." ferenczi, publishers, paris rere, Francis Carco
in 1922 and the mini- fM*T~^ST^a^pST^*MB|P"T^WeyT ft" y^Vjand Gerard d'Hou-
ber of artists exhibit- |>r>" 1 * ', "J' |L~ LI__" ntflHr1- - 1 ville with their
ing had reached the I aSGSliiir^^^^v'^^^'^ r|«"\'\ ^rVHSSPW clean-cut, arresting
total of one hundred I KS—pBSy^^^^^^^^s^Sv^ , mi? *4 illustrations are sold
and twenty-four. 1 PjSnaiJt V-** 0 Pi. RL<j£ CTl BowR \ 3 'or tne surn °f tw0
So great has be- IIR^fcSfl|9flj^mfflft^l^08fflI Sjylj ' 3 francs fifty, or a little
come the vogue ol the IIKtiIPSm M^WPTrli I ftnft' EL—Uilll— i 8 under fifteen cents!
woodcut that last year HrU 1 ■■65^Wl'''ttJfill lyTf^L* * M Much of the best
two large publishing j|l^^^r~^^3^_iMiiB3 Kt^SjJ^X'-^" ^11 work tne modern
houses each started i^St?MQniB^^S^^53F^y^^ ^ kJ French woodcut artist
editions of reprints of UI^ *1 BagfBS^—^ ^ef5^>4 * 19 is to be found in the
their better known P^^Si^HW^^^r^^^^^^S^^P^ / IS ^nC e(nt'ons to which
authors' works illus- wSSSSLammmmwiiiiBt&Bl^^ mm\ mk publishing houses like
jorty-two
april I925
the potter woodcut by m. meheut
cModevn PREN6H W00D6UT8
r~l ince the Wear the wood- Publishers in France are tratcd exclusively by this
^ cut as a medium for making extensive use of medium. In the case of one
book illustration has woodcuU as illustrations for ™Iume wh"f was °«g'nally
been revived in J-rance and r> j'j." s l i illustrated by pen and ink
at present it bids fair to J1^ edlti0ns °J OOOkS drawings by Victor Hugo
supplant all others. The Allan RoSS Macdouaall these were engraved on
extent of this extraordinary wood. The volumes appear
revival can be best demonstrated by a brief statis- once a month and contain from thirty to sixty
tical quotation. In 1912 the first exposition of the full-page illustrations printed from the original
Societe de la Gravure sur Bois Originate was held woodcuts, initial letters, head- and tail-pieces, all
at the Pavillion de Marsan. The number of cut by a master of the art. These books—by such
exposants was forty-nine. After being interrupted authors as Colette, Paul Bourget, Henry Bor-
by the war the expo- deaux, Claude Far-
woodcut for chapter heading by dignimont to illus- ,
sition was held again trate "les innocents." ferenczi, publishers, paris rere, Francis Carco
in 1922 and the mini- fM*T~^ST^a^pST^*MB|P"T^WeyT ft" y^Vjand Gerard d'Hou-
ber of artists exhibit- |>r>" 1 * ', "J' |L~ LI__" ntflHr1- - 1 ville with their
ing had reached the I aSGSliiir^^^^v'^^^'^ r|«"\'\ ^rVHSSPW clean-cut, arresting
total of one hundred I KS—pBSy^^^^^^^^s^Sv^ , mi? *4 illustrations are sold
and twenty-four. 1 PjSnaiJt V-** 0 Pi. RL<j£ CTl BowR \ 3 'or tne surn °f tw0
So great has be- IIR^fcSfl|9flj^mfflft^l^08fflI Sjylj ' 3 francs fifty, or a little
come the vogue ol the IIKtiIPSm M^WPTrli I ftnft' EL—Uilll— i 8 under fifteen cents!
woodcut that last year HrU 1 ■■65^Wl'''ttJfill lyTf^L* * M Much of the best
two large publishing j|l^^^r~^^3^_iMiiB3 Kt^SjJ^X'-^" ^11 work tne modern
houses each started i^St?MQniB^^S^^53F^y^^ ^ kJ French woodcut artist
editions of reprints of UI^ *1 BagfBS^—^ ^ef5^>4 * 19 is to be found in the
their better known P^^Si^HW^^^r^^^^^^S^^P^ / IS ^nC e(nt'ons to which
authors' works illus- wSSSSLammmmwiiiiBt&Bl^^ mm\ mk publishing houses like
jorty-two
april I925