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| The Bassano Bridge:woodblock print by Charles Hodge Mackie |
A copy of this large woodblock print by Charles Hodge Mackie is to be sold by
Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh on 18/05/2016. Mackie died in 1920 and one can see this print as an example from the movement to use the Japanese woodblock tradition in a European context. This print measures approx 20" square. I have not attempted to work out how many blocks were used but it may be fewer than one suspects-given that careful inking of different areas can sometimes allow the use of relatively few blocks.It is something of a creative experiment. I suspect that he isn't really interested in the concept of an edition and that each print is an individual creation.Because of the labour involved in this kind of work the number of examples produced will be small.
Mackie seems to be an interesting artist, Personally I can only recall seeing one of his works.It was another copy of the Bassano Bridge. But the fact that he met modern French artists in the 1880s and that he was a friend of Hornel the Kircudbright artist should make us alert to the possibility that we are dealing with an artist to be investigated. In fact a book on Mackie has been announced and will be published later this year, and in four years (2020) there will be an exhibition of his work in Edinburgh.
| The Bluebell Wood: woodblock print by Charles Hodge Mackie |
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| The Bluebell Wood: woodblock print by Charles Hodge Mackie |
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| Venetian Terrace; woodblock print by Charles Hodge Mackie. |
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| Forthcoming book-late 2016,by Pat Clark |
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