John Buckland-Wright (1897 − 1954)
Highlights
John Buckland-Wright was born in Dunedin, New Zealand and after the death of his parents he came to England. Following a distinguished service in World War I he read history at Oxford and in 1920 graduated from London University in architecture. In the mid 1920s he began to travel and to teach himself engraving. He spent several years as assistant to S W Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris, where his contacts and his own work put him squarely in the ranks of the avant garde. In 1930, he began to make wood and copper engraved illustrations for private presses in Holland and for the Golden Cockerel Press from 1936. These endless variations on the female nude, somewhat sexy, somewhat generalised, are at their best brilliantly decorative and opulent; but when he returned to Britain at the outbreak of World War II, they came almost to wholly dominate his work.
Further reading
The engravings of John Buckland Wright, edited by Christopher Buckland Wright, Ashgate Edirion an imprint Scolar Press, Aldershot, 1990
Glossary (2)
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Engraving
An intaglio process whereby lines are cut into a metal or wood plate using an engraving tool (a burin), which is pushed in front of the hand to achieve a sharp controlled incision capable of great delicacy. This technique requires a great deal of control and is not suited to spontaneous mark-making.
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Imprint
In a bibliographic item, the name of the publisher, distributor, or manufacturer, and the place and date of publication.
Past exhibitions
OUT OF THE WOOD
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1998
- Slovakia, Kosice, State Gallery
- Poland, Warsaw, National Museum
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1996
- Philippines, Manila, Metropolitan Museum
- Japan, Kawaguchiko Museum
- Japan, Hokkaido, Obihiro Museum
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1995
- Japan, Koriyama, Koriyama City Museum
- Japan, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery
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1994
- India, Calcutta, Centre Of International Modern Art
- India, Santiniketan, Kala Bhavana Visva Bharati
- India, Bhopal, Bharat Bhawan
- India, Jaipur, Jawahar Kala Kendra
- India, Chandigarh, The Government Museum And Art Gallery
- Bangladesh, Delhi, Bengal Art Lounge
- Sri Lanka, Colombo, British Council Office - Colombo
- Sri Lanka, Kanda, British Council Office - Kanda
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1993
- Australia, Newcastle, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
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1992
- Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, National Gallery Of Zimbabwe In Bulawayo
- Zimbabwe, Harare, National Gallery Of Zimbabwe
- Kenya, Kisumu, British Council Office - Kisumu
- Kenya, Mombassa, British Council Office - Mombassa
- Kenya, Nairobi, British Council Office - Nairobi
- Zambia, Lusaka, MPAPA Gallery
UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS: NIGHT PRINTS
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1986
- UK, Arts Council Touring Exhibition
NIGHT PRINTS
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1986
- UK, London, Arts Council Of Great Britain
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PRINTS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE WAKEFIELD COLLECTION
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1950
- Fiji, Suva, Fiji Arts Club
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1949
- New Zealand, Hamilton, Waikato Museum Of Art & History
- New Zealand, Rotorua, Society Of Arts
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1948
- New Zealand, Auckland, Aukland City Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Wellington, National Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Napier, Napier
- New Zealand, Wanganni
- Australia, Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery
- Australia, Art Gallery Of New South Wales
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1947
- Australia, Hobart, Hobart
- Australia, Melbourne, Melbourne Royal Exhibition Building
- Australia, Adelaide, Art Gallery Of South Australia
- Australia, Perth, Art Gallery Of Western Australia
- UK, London, Victoria And Albert Museum
NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR
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1940
- USA, Chicago, Arts Club Of Chicago
- USA, Boston, Museum Of Fine Arts
- USA, Toledo, Toledo Museum Of Art
- Canada, Art Association Of Montreal
- Canada, Art Gallery of Toronto
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1939
- Canada, National Gallery Of Canada
- USA, New York, British Pavilion World's Fair
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ART AND ENGRAVINGS
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1939
- Sweden, Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall
- Finland, Konsthalle
- Poland, Warsaw, Instytut Propagandy Sztuki
