Sunshine & Shadow: A B Webb and The Poetics Of Place

Gooding, Janda
ISBN: 9780975016862 Categories: ,

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WEST AUSTRALIAN ART

Archibald Bertram Webb (1887-1944) and his wife migrated to Western Australia in the Osterley, reaching Fremantle on 11 May 1915.

Webb is best known for his delicate watercolours and colour woodcut prints, which were “thoroughly WestAustralian”.

Webb lived at Nedlands, close to the Swan River, a favourite subject for his prints and watercolours. Reputedly a reserved and rather private man, with a stern and somewhat arrogant mien, he worked largely in isolation. Influenced by English art of the 1880s, he was unimpressed with most modernist developments, which he termed the ‘Continental movement’. He adopted variations of the style and techniques used in Japanese woodcuts. His interest in Art Nouveau was also evident in the design of many of his works. While preferring persimmon wood, he experimented with easier-to-find local hardwoods, working on the plank grain. His woodcuts were favourably reviewed in Art in Australia (1924) and the London magazine Studio (1926).

Additional Information

AuthorGooding, Janda
Number of pages96 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
PublisherArt Gallery of Western Australia
Year Published2004
Binding Type

French flaps, Softcover

Book Condition

FINE!

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