The Moorgate : woodcut by John F Greenwood : in Artwork magazine, 1924
John F Greenwood (1885 - 1954), and a fellow Rochdalian, was one of the finest exponents of the revival of wood engraving in twentieth century Britain and this evocative scene is typical of his work. This work appears in an early issue of "Artwork", a quarterly magazine issued from 1924 and edited by Herbert Wauthier. Many of Greenwood's works are of Wharfedale in Yorkshire. This is of "The Moorgate".
Quite where this Moorgate is situated is a matter of conjecture - there is one, for example, on the edge of Skipton and this road reminds me of the often bleak road, the Long Causeway, between Heptonstall and Burnley. However, to me, it is certainly evocative of the tracks and trails that lead out of many Pennine towns and villages up on to the moors, such as the many I walked as a child in Rochdale, Lancashire.
The Moorgate : woodcut by John F Greenwood : in Artwork magazine, 1924
John F Greenwood (1885 - 1954), and a fellow Rochdalian, was one of the finest exponents of the revival of wood engraving in twentieth century Britain and this evocative scene is typical of his work. This work appears in an early issue of "Artwork", a quarterly magazine issued from 1924 and edited by Herbert Wauthier. Many of Greenwood's works are of Wharfedale in Yorkshire. This is of "The Moorgate".
Quite where this Moorgate is situated is a matter of conjecture - there is one, for example, on the edge of Skipton and this road reminds me of the often bleak road, the Long Causeway, between Heptonstall and Burnley. However, to me, it is certainly evocative of the tracks and trails that lead out of many Pennine towns and villages up on to the moors, such as the many I walked as a child in Rochdale, Lancashire.