comparisons

Print makers of Geary's day used similiar scenes and approaches. Compare the following prints. Was Fred Geary inspired by a fellow print maker's composition? It is possible. You compare and decide. What do you conclude?? Double click on image to make larger.

 

 

 

ABOVE--Bread Line, New York by Claire Leighton, wood engraving, 1932, 12 x 8 inches (courtesy of American Art Review, Vol.20, No.4, 2008, The Graphic Work of Claire Leighton by Jonathan Stuhlman and Caroline Mesrobian Hickman, page 79, accessed August 27, 2012)
NEXT--The EL (NYC) by Fred Geary, wood engraving, 1930-1946, 6 1/4 x 7 inches (courtesy of Fred Geary: Missouri Master of the Woodcut by Joan Stack and Jean Ann Ferguson,The State Historical Society of Missouri, 2012, page 37,accessed August 27, 2012 )

ABOVE--Landing by Claire Leighton, wood engraving, 1931, 8 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (courtesy of American Art Review, Vol.20, No.4, 2008, The Graphic Work of Claire Leighton by Jonathan Stuhlman and Caroline Mesrobian Hickman, page 75, accessed August 27, 2012 )
NEXT--Saw Mill by Fred Geary, wood engraving, 1930-1946, 8 x 10 1/2 inches (courtesy of Fred Geary: Missouri Master of the Woodcut by Joan Stack and Jean Ann Ferguson,The State Historical Society of Missouri, 2012, page 29 ,accessed August 27, 2012 )

ABOVE--In Boonville by Jim Edd Spenser, linocut, 1929, 4 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, (Jim Edd Spenser Linolum Cut File courtesy of Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, 14 West 10th St, Kansas City, MO, accessed June 24th, 2010)
MIDDLE--Little Cottage by Jim Edd Spenser, linocut, 1928, (Jim Edd Spenser Linolum Cut File courtesy of Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, 14 West 10th St, Kansas City, MO, accessed June 24th, 2010)
BELOW--Log Cabin by Fred Geary, linocut, 1930-1946, 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (courtesy of Fred Geary: Missouri Master of the Woodcut by Joan Stack and Jean Ann Ferguson,The State Historical Society of Missouri, 2012, page 75, accessed August 27, 2012)

 

ABOVE--Winter by J.J. Lankes, (Fine Prints, Vol.1, No.2, January 1932, Alden Galleries and John F. Bender, courtesy of Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, 14 West 10th St, Kansas City, MO, accessed June 24th, 2010) 
MIDDLE--Winter Day by Herschel C. Logan, blockprint, 1930, 9 x 12 inches (courtesy of The Prairie Print Makers by Barbara Thompson O'Neil and George C. Foreman, second printing 1984, Gallery Ellington, page 42, accessed August 27, 2012)

NEXT--A House In Carrollton by Fred Geary, linocut, 1930-1946, 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches (courtesy of Judith Delaney, Superintendent, Carrollton R-7 District Office, 103 East Ninth Street, Carrollton, Missouri, accessed August 27, 2012 )
BELOW--Winter Scene by Fred Geary, wood engraving, 1930-1946, 7 1/4 x 11 inches (courtesy of Fred Geary: Missouri Master of the Woodcut by Joan Stack and Jean Ann Ferguson,The State Historical Society of Missouri, 2012, page 27, accessed August 27, 2012)

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Largest Collection of Geary's Work on display

"Steamboats churning up water, dusk-lit circus tents and dilapidated Midwest houses are but a few of prolific artist Fred Geary’s subjects exhibited at the State Historical Society of Missouri. With 64 woodcuts and engraving prints, SHS has the largest collection of Geary’s work, 14 more than what is housed at the Library of Congress." Read more click HERE. Double click on image to see it larger.











FRED GEARY: Missouri Master of the Woodcut  exhibit 
"Missouri artist Fred Geary became actively involved in the nationwide woodcut revival of the 1930s and 1940s, and the Society's collection of over fifty graphic masterpieces reveals his exceptional skill in the medium."

The exhibit will run through April 2012 in the Corridor Gallery, at 1020 Lowry Street, on the University of Missouri campus. Hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

(courtesy of Columbia Daily Tribune, http://m.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/jul/24/exhibit-proves-missouri-artist-geary-was-a-cut/, accessed Monday, August 22, 2011; and the State Historical Society of Missouri, postcard received Monday, August 22, 2011)