Kaleidoscope in woodcuts

About this book

Illustrated with 28 different colour images printed in a continuus sheet. First edition. Published to honour the selection of Antonio Frasconi by the Republic of Uruguay as its artist at the 34th Venice Biennale, 1968. One of the foremost woodcut and book artists since the 1940s, Antonio Frasconi is best known for combining realist and symbolic imagery to address political and social issues. His work also includes such subjects as bestiaries, lyrical landscapes, and illustrations for children's stories and other literary works. Fascinated by the political prints of Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada, Frasconi began his seven-decade career as a satirical cartoonist. Raised in Uruguay, he has lived in the United States since 1945, when he received a scholarship from the Art Students League in New York. An admirer of German Expressionist and Japanese woodcuts, he did much to sustain interest in the medium at mid-century and, of the three thousand prints he has made, most were executed using this technique (MoMa). -- vendor description.