Paul Landacre (1893–1963)
Autore di Paul Landacre: Wood engravings : prints, drawings, original blocks from the estate (Catalogue / Zeitlin & Ver Brugge)
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Landacre, Paul
- Nome legale
- Landacre, Paul Hambleton
- Data di nascita
- 1893-07-09
- Data di morte
- 1963-06-03
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Istruzione
- Ohio State University
Otis Art Institute - Attività lavorative
- artist
printmaker
illustrator
teacher - Relazioni
- Landacre, Margaret (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- University of Southern California
Otis Art Institute
Kahn Institute
California Society of Etchers
California Print Makers Society
American Society of Wood Engravers (mostra tutto 7)
American Society of Etchers, Gravers, Lithographers and Woodcutters - Premi e riconoscimenti
- National Academy of Design (ANA, 1939|NA, 1946)
- Breve biografia
- Paul Landacre was an illustrator who specialized in wood engravings of naturalistic images executed in a sparse, rhythmic, linear style. Born in Columbus, Ohio, he was an athlete as a youth. During his sophomore year at Ohio State University, he contracted a life-threatening illness that left him partially disabled. During this same year he also enrolled in a drawing class. After a long recuperation, Landacre moved with his family to California. In order to increase his physical strength he took long walks in the nearby rural areas, and on these walks, drew in his sketchbook. By 1918 he found a job as a commercial illustrator. In 1923 he enrolled at the Otis Art Institute, where he studied all types of media, including wood engraving.
Landacre's artistic reputation began to emerge in the early 1930s with the publication of his book California Hills and other Wood Engravings and his first one-person exhibition in Los Angeles. He received many commissions for book illustrations; since he worked in a careful, deliberate manner, his large projects required years to complete. For thirty-one years the artist maintained a hand press in his home, allowing him to have total control over the printing of his designs. In 1939 he was made an associate, and in 1946 a full member, of the National Academy of Design. The remainder of Landacre's professional career was balanced between teaching and illustrating books.
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- Voto
- 4.1
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Of the 30 or so prints shown and described here, "Sultry Day" remains my favorite. I'd love to collect some more Landacre prints, but prices for his work have skyrocketed since then. I'm not good at describing why particular art appeals to me, but I am impressed by Landacre's mastery of the contrasts between light and dark, and the solidity and texture of his work. In addition, "Sultry Day" is still one of the most unconsciously sensual works of art I've ever seen. Landacre's beloved wife and helpmate, Margaret, died of cancer in 1963. Landacre died in hospital a month later, not long after a suicide attempt.… (altro)