L'ombre de la croix

Tavola tratta da A l'ombre de la Croix Studies Of Jewish Life In The Carpathians di Frank Brangwyn, stampato da Jérôme & Jean Tharaud a Parigi, Éditions Lapina, 1931). Si tratta di un’edizione con tiratura di 222 esemplari. Impressione fine su carta giapponese, con margini, condizione perfetta. Queste 64 acqueforti e puntasecca raffigurano scene di Israele e di un villaggio nei Carpazi. Secondo 'Frank Brangwyn, a mission to decorate life (Londra: The Fine Art Society, 2006), il libro era in due volumi e descrive la vita degli ebrei nell'Europa contemporanea. Le stampe di Brangwyn illustrano la città di Belz in Polonia che era un centro di pellegrinaggio. Sembra che Brangwyn abbia inciso la maggior parte delle tavole da fotografie. Sir Frank William Brangwyn era un artista gallese, pittore, acquerellista, stampatore, illustratore e designer. Brangwyn nacque a Bruges, in Belgio, dove suo padre, William Curtis Brangwyn, si trasferì dopo aver vinto un concorso organizzato dalla corporazione belga di San Tommaso e San Luca per progettare una chiesa parrocchiale. Brangwyn era un artista di tutti i mestieri. Oltre ai dipinti e ai disegni, produsse progetti per vetri colorati, mobili, ceramiche, vetreria da tavola, edifici e interni, fu litografo e illustratore di libri. Bibliografia W. Gaunt, The etchings of Frank Brangwyn, non descritte. Plate taken from the Frank Brangwyn’s A l’ombre de la Croix, Studies Of Jewish Life In The Carpathians by Jérôme & Jean Tharaud (Paris: Éditions Lapina, 1931) edition of 222. Fine impression on Japan paper, with margins, perfect condition. ' These 64 etchings and drypoints are from Anglo-Welsh artist, painter, engraver, and illustrator Frank Brangwyn's ' depict scenes from Israel and a village in Carpathian Mountains. According to 'Frank Brangwyn, a mission to decorate life' (London: The Fine Art Society, 2006), the book was in two volumes and describes the lives of Jewish in contemporary Europe. Brangwyn's prints illustrate the town of Belz in Poland which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn seems to have etched a majority of the plates from photographs. ' Sir Frank William Brangwyn was a Welsh artist, painter, watercolourist, printmaker, illustrator, and designer. Frank Brangwyn was born in Bruges, Belgium where his father, William Curtis Brangwyn, moved after winning a competition organised by the Belgian Guild of St Thomas and St Luke to design a parish church. Brangwyn was an artistic jack-of-all-trades. As well as paintings and drawings, he produced designs for stained glass, furniture, ceramics, table glassware, buildings and interiors, was a lithographer and woodcutter and was a book illustrator. Bibliografia W. Gaunt, The etchings of Frank Brangwyn, non descritte. Cfr.