This is an attractive colour woodcut made by the celebrated British / Australian printmaker, John Hall Thorpe (1874 - 1947).
Thorpe moved to London from his native Australia in 1902. He was a member of the Grosvenor School of Art, famed for their dramatic and colourful woodcuts. He attended Heatherley’s School of Art and by 1919 had begun to create these beautiful floral colour woodcuts which made him famous. Thorpe set up a studio on Redcliffe Square and it was here that he created most of his woodcuts between 1920 and 1927.
He held his first one-man show of his colour woodcuts in London in 1918 and his success was immediate. His brightly coloured floral woodcuts were an international phenomenon during the 1920’s and 30’s. Thorpe became a household name in the field of home decoration and was a strong influence on fashions in wallpaper design. Over time his work fell out of fashion but a revival from the 1980s has renewed interest in his work and his floral works are now keenly sought after.
This landscape study is not typical of his work - as he is more associated with his woodcuts of flowers.
This one is called The Caravan. It rural landscape with an old-fashioned horse-drawn caravan in the foreground with a man walking beside the horse - and a woman and child looking out of the back door. I love the addition of the little dog walking behind the caravan. There is a great emphasis on the blustery blue sky full of clouds which fills most of the composition.
It is signed in pencil on the lower right margin.
Dimensions: The frame size is 54.5 x 43 cm. The image is 33.5 x 26.5 cm.
It is in good antique condition and has been recently beautifully re-framed by a professional framer with a fresh cream-coloured window mount and still has its original black wood frame, as photographed. It is so lovely and ready to hang straight on your wall.
In the UK - it would cost just over £10 to send to you with Parcelforce24. This would be applied to your order at the checkout.