DOI issue:
No. 376 (July 1924)
DOI article:[Notes: one hundred and ninety-three illustrations]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21400#0070
VIENNA
PLOUGHING." COLOURED
WOODCUT BY HANS FRANK
moment, indeed they have no desire for
their prints to convey the impression of
woodcuts, indeed, in their special manner
of printing them, prints do not appear as
such. What they aim at is the attainment
of artistic expression; for this reason,
therefore, they resort to water-colours, for
by their use they can achieve higher effects
from the purely artistic point of view. 0
Of course, great care is taken in the
cutting of the blocks, which they them-
selves cut with extraordinary precision.
For each colour or group of colours, there
is a separate block, but where the
colours are separated from one another to
any extent, one block suffices. This means
economy of time in printing. 0 0
For the prints Japan paper is used ; this
is made moist by squibbing it with water or
dipping it lightly into water, after which
they are printed in the order of the plates.
50
VIENNA.—Leo and Hans Frank are
twin brothers whose work first gained
high estimation at an exhibition of their
drawings and graphic art, held at the
Vienna Secession some dozen years ago.
An article on their woodcuts appeared in
The Studio a few months later. During
the period following they have gained
further recognition and they now rank
among the first graphic artists in Vienna.
They have also achieved fame as painters
in oils and water-colours. To-day, how-
ever, only their coloured woodcuts will be
taken into consideration. With them the
chief attention is given to the print; this
is done in water-colours, for no other
medium in graphic technique is so well
fitted to lend that particular charm
emanating from their woodcuts. The
actual block, cut in lime-wood or pear-
wood, is for them quite a secondary
PLOUGHING." COLOURED
WOODCUT BY HANS FRANK
moment, indeed they have no desire for
their prints to convey the impression of
woodcuts, indeed, in their special manner
of printing them, prints do not appear as
such. What they aim at is the attainment
of artistic expression; for this reason,
therefore, they resort to water-colours, for
by their use they can achieve higher effects
from the purely artistic point of view. 0
Of course, great care is taken in the
cutting of the blocks, which they them-
selves cut with extraordinary precision.
For each colour or group of colours, there
is a separate block, but where the
colours are separated from one another to
any extent, one block suffices. This means
economy of time in printing. 0 0
For the prints Japan paper is used ; this
is made moist by squibbing it with water or
dipping it lightly into water, after which
they are printed in the order of the plates.
50
VIENNA.—Leo and Hans Frank are
twin brothers whose work first gained
high estimation at an exhibition of their
drawings and graphic art, held at the
Vienna Secession some dozen years ago.
An article on their woodcuts appeared in
The Studio a few months later. During
the period following they have gained
further recognition and they now rank
among the first graphic artists in Vienna.
They have also achieved fame as painters
in oils and water-colours. To-day, how-
ever, only their coloured woodcuts will be
taken into consideration. With them the
chief attention is given to the print; this
is done in water-colours, for no other
medium in graphic technique is so well
fitted to lend that particular charm
emanating from their woodcuts. The
actual block, cut in lime-wood or pear-
wood, is for them quite a secondary