Lionel Lindsay | The Witch
The Witch 1924
Wood engraving printed in Black ink on a Japanese rice paper
Image: 13.2 x 11.1 cm
Sheet: 17.2 x 15 cm
Signed and titled in pencil in the lower margin
Edition of 100
Framed in a new timber moulding and acid free mount board with UV glass.
$1450
Lionel Lindsay
Born: 1874 Victoria- Died: 1961 Sydney
A prolific graphic artist, watercolorist and writer. His printed works of Australian flora and fauna received worldwide accolades from contemporaries and critics. His finished woodcut prints were of such a high quality that Harold Wright (Colnaghi Gallery) wrote “He has approached, if not equalled, some of the best work of this type produced in Europe in the past quarter of a century”.
Lionel travelled widely, he was fluent in Spanish, had extensively travelled Europe and had visited North Africa and India. His opinion as an Art critic with the Melbourne ‘Herald’ was controversial and exciting, he provided great support in establishing Australian Modern artists, such as William Dobell.
He is widely regarded as the greatest Australian Printmaker.
His work is represented in all major institutions in Australia. A full collection of his woodcuts is held by the British Museum.
