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Inspiration From Artists Week 65 Featuring Artists : Dean Cornwall and Frans Masereel .

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Lewis Cooper

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New to me.  I generally admire this kind of work, and the skills involved in producing it.  I suspect the artist worked from his imagination.  On looking him up I read he's been described as the anarchist printmaker.  His work does have a political look.  I find much of it bleak, no doubt as was intended. Powerful images.  Not the best woodcut art I've seen, but his work is well worth looking at.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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What would be called AgitProp - Agitation and Propaganda.  Ideal for cartoons, posters, campaigning articles in periodicals - he was lucky the Gestapo, or its hand-in-glove collaborators, the Milice, didn't lay hands on him.   Tony Auffret points out the relative difficulty of admiring woodcuts - that's true, when they're as stark as this; I've seen many others, e.g. printed with multi-coloured inks.  Masereel however was aiming for political impact first and foremost; it's not easy to admire any kind of politically slanted work (rather more than "slanted" in this case) entirely - or maybe at all - aesthetically.  Compare some of the Soviet propaganda art of the '20s and '30s; not to mention German artwork used to promote Nazism (I have some of that - very good it is technically, but I won't show it: you can find it in digitized copies of Signal magazine, and elsewhere). I'm not at all sure what point I'm trying to make here!  Other than to agree that there are cases, of whom Masereel's work is an example, in which the message so dominates the art that it's impossible just to say "good picture!"; and that, when you think about, carries a good many implications for artwork in general.   (I've taken the liberty of editing the topic in order to correct Masereel's name, incidentally.)

Tessa Gwynne

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Interesting to see Masereel’s work and to understand a little of the political background to it.  He certainly makes his point. I didn’t comment on Dean Cornwall earlier in the week, as was elsewhere, but his work is fantastic and I do love his vignettes, just fab. I love that sort of thing. I’m going to look him up for further detail but won’t post anything as it will muck up the Masereel.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Tessa please post any pictures or comments you have regarding Dean Cornwall be nice to see what you choose and hear your comments .

Tessa Gwynne

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Thanks Dixie. I’ve been in hospital for three days this week so mind on other things and that’s why I hadn’t seen this!  Here are some I chose. I really like his way of constructing a painting and ‘framing’ his subject, I think it’s brilliant.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Hope your feeling better Tessa , you have my sympathy having gone through the hospital system my self recently. 

Tessa Gwynne

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Thanks Dixie. Hospital and ambulance staff all wonderful, but I would like to admit Sunak and Barclay to an NHS hospital ward for a week or two for them to see it in operation, and not just tuck in their ties and shake hands with the chosen few! I guess that’s another story and discussion, probably not for here! 😤 rant over.

Sylvia Evans

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Feel better soon Tessa .

Tessa Gwynne

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Thanks Sylv. 🤞x

Denise Cat

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A speedy recovery Tessa. I've looked through Masereel's work and really like it. Striking and to the point. I especially liked his graphical work against war.

Tessa Gwynne

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Thanks Denise. x

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