Color Woodblock / Allen W. Seaby
Allen W. Seaby (1867-1953) was influenced by pioneer woodblock printmaker Frank Morley Fletcher and was a Professor of Fine Art at the University of Reading from 1920 to 1933. He is well known for his many book illustrations and woodblock prints of birds. Probably carved and printed in the 1920s this portrait of Shelducks in flight is masterfully simple in how he handles the ducks in flight against an extremely simple background. His work captures the brush-drawn quality of Japanese woodblock prints perhaps more than any other Western artist.
Color Woodblock / Allen W. Seaby
Allen W. Seaby (1867-1953) was influenced by pioneer woodblock printmaker Frank Morley Fletcher and was a Professor of Fine Art at the University of Reading from 1920 to 1933. He is well known for his many book illustrations and woodblock prints of birds. Probably carved and printed in the 1920s this portrait of Shelducks in flight is masterfully simple in how he handles the ducks in flight against an extremely simple background. His work captures the brush-drawn quality of Japanese woodblock prints perhaps more than any other Western artist.