Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
God speed.
Primary Maker
Date
1931
Physical Description
1 bookplate : b&w. ; 8 cm. x 10 cm. (image), 23 cm. x 17 cm. (paper) ; wood engraving
Level of Current Record
Child
Subject Category
Public Access Text
Included in the exhibition "Every picture tells a story : exquisite ex libris, 1900-1950 ('Odyssey')" held at Auckland War Memorial Museum, 7 September - 28 October 2007.
Subject Notes
American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer and sailor. He first studied architecture but turned to painting, studying in New York at the schools of William Merritt Chase and of Robert Henri. In his realistic landscapes, the most famous of which related to his long sojourns in such remote and rugged places as Alaska, Tierra del Fuego and Greenland (e.g. Eskimo in a Kayak, 1933; Moscow, Pushkin Mus. F.A.), he favoured a precise rendering of forms with strong contrasts of light and dark. He was also renowned for the many books that he illustrated and wrote about his adventures. His considerable reputation as an illustrator was based on his striking drawings for such classics as Voltaire's Candide (New York, 1928) and Herman Melville's Moby Dick (Chicago, 1930). His simple but distinctive graphic designs, such as God Speed, wood engraving, 1931; (Rockwellkentiana, New York, 1933, p. 87), were widely imitated.
Copyright
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Last Update
06 Dec 2022
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