Morgan's Bay by A.J. Casson
Alfred Joseph Casson was a Canadian painter and the youngest member of the influential Canadian artists group known as the Group of Seven. His best known works are landscape paintings of southern Ontario and Maritime Canada. Morgan’s Bay is located in the Muskoka Lakes District in the Highlands of Southern Ontario, and is described as a good fishing ground according to Randall Wainwright in his, The Angler’s Guide, published in 1909.
Casson, Alfred Joseph (1898-1992). Morgan's Bay. n.d. [c. 1919-1920] Color linocut on Japan Paper. Block: 7.5 x 7.75 in. University Library System - Archives & Special Collections - Leuba Collection |
Rio Tesuque by Gustave Baumann
Gustave Baumann, a German-born American painter and printmaker, was travelling by train through New Mexico in 1918, when he decided to stay in Santa Fe. He is considered a leading figure in the revival of the color woodcut in America, and his works have been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C., and the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. The Rio Tesuque is a small stream that runs through mostly private land five miles north of Santa Fe, and is habitat for native Brown and Rainbow trout.
Baumann, Gustave, (1881-1971). Rio Tesuque. Second edition. [1946, 1930]. Color woodcut. Block: 9.5 x 11 1/8 in. University Library System - Archives & Special Collections - Leuba Collection |
Nets by Seong Moy
Seong Moy was a Chinese-born American painter and printmaker. He served as an aerial reconnaissance photographer with the U. S. Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Moy’s works are in the permanent collections of major American museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian.
Moy, Seong, (1921-2013). Nets. n.d. [c. 1965]. Woodcut. Block: 0.5 x 13 in. University Library System - Archives & Special Collections - Leuba Collection |
Spring Beauty by Boyd Hanna
Boyd Everett Hanna was an artist and illustrator from Irwin, Pennsylvania, who studied at Carnegie Mellon University. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, and the Boston Public Library.
Hanna, Boyd Everett, (1907-1987). Spring Beauty. n.d. [c. 1940-1960?]. Wood engraving. Block: 3 3/8 x 2.75 in. University Library System - Archives & Special Collections - Leuba Collection |