Джордж Вудс (художник)

Джордж Вудс
Рожденный	1898 Кумара, Новая Зеландия
Умер	1963 (в возрасте 64–65 лет)

Джордж Вудс (1898 - 4 апреля 1963 года) был новой Зеландией, иллюстратор и художник. Его работы показывают влияние культуры маори и Тихоокеанских островов; У него была репутация отличного колуриста.

Образование

Вудс провел ночное исследование в Техническом колледже Веллингтона (предшественника в политехнику -политехнике в Веллингтоне) под руководством Гарри Линли Ричардсона и Фредерика Винсента Эллиса в 1936 году.

Коммерческая карьера

Вудс работал в ряде рекламных агентств в Новой Зеландии и Австралии. Учившись в техническом колледже Веллингтона, он работал в рекламных студиях Goldberg и Ilott. Он также работал в Сиднее, прежде чем переехать в рекламное агентство Carlton Caruthers в Веллингтоне. Находясь в Carlton Caruthers, он в основном разработал плакаты для величественного театра, который был через дорогу от агентства, но также встретил Эрнеста Мервина Тейлора. В 1937 году Тейлор и Вудс основали небольшую внештатную студию в Уиллис -стрит, в Веллингтоне, создав ряд иллюстраций для издательской компании Reed.

Art

As a modernist, George Woods is best known for his graphic, stylised images and is most readily contextualised alongside contemporaries Russell Clark (1905–1966) and E. Mervyn Taylor (1906–1964). His early work, particularly illustration of books, is associated with the New Zealand Nationalist art movement, with his work set firmly in a native environment. He recognised nature as the bottom line for artists, commenting: "I think artists should begin where Nature leaves off." His colour linocuts exhibited a strong linear image, and his skills as a draughtsman allowed him to develop a sculptural element to his work. Woods frequently employed the technique of simplifying his subject matter by accentuating physical characteristics and omitting others entirely. He had an ability to capture form and light through simple line forms and use of unbroken colour. Many of his works show a flirtation with eroticism and exoticism.

His etching Nude (c. 1939) was one of the few prints selected for inclusion in the Centennial Exhibition of International and New Zealand Art at the National Gallery in Wellington. Woods was also included in the New Zealand Society of Artists Exhibition of Works by Contemporary New Zealand Artists, 1939.

Woods was intensely interested in Māori culture and had a keen appreciation of Polynesian art and sculpture, borne out of his travels in the region after finishing studies at the Wellington Technical College. Both Woods and his contemporary E. Mervyn Taylor, reinterpreted Māori mythology from a New Zealand European perspective at a time when attitudes of white New Zealanders to Māori were changing. Woods and Taylor created a new iconography to represent their mythological Māori world; Woods' Māori were archetypal, strong and powerful figures that lived in a timeless idyllic land. George Woods' illustrations for A.H. Reed's Myths and Legends of Māoriland (1946) demonstrate the iconography he used. His drawings emphasise Māori facial features and lithe muscular physiques and also include moko. He includes native birds and plants to provide a distinct New Zealand context. He often adopts a heroic character for the dramatic passages of the book. In the image The Battle of the Wind and Sea Gods (c. 1946), Woods depicts sinuous tension in their muscles and frames them in turbulent clouds and waves. His drawings for this book attain a high standard in both design and execution. Woods and Taylor were the country's most prominent book illustrators in the early 20th century. Many of the prints they created as illustrations for books were included in their solo and group exhibitions. The scraper-board print Battle of the Wind and the Sea Gods (1945), won Woods the Esther Glen Award from the New Zealand Library Association for outstanding contribution to children's literature.

Woods' scraper-board print Māori Navigators (c. 1940) was inspired by the Māori myth of the great fleet of canoes departed from the legendary Hawaiki on a voyage of discovery making landfall in New Zealand in 1350. His image of a canoe cresting a wave appealed to New Zealanders celebrating the centenary of the 1840 arrival of settlers' ships. The image was published as a frontispiece to A.H. Reed's The Story of New Zealand in 1945, placing it firmly in the public's imagination as an icon of nationhood.

Woods also created a series of colour linocuts based on The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; using rich colour and patterns to create the appearance of Persian miniatures.

Illustrations

• Poppa passes: the adventures of the Vedgie people, by A.W. Reed (c. 1943)
• At the bottom of the garden: my own seed book, by A.W. Reed (1944)
• Introduction to New Zealand, by New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (1945)
• Stories of fairies, by A.W. Reed (1962)
• A song of praise for Māoriland (filmstrip), by A.H. Reed (195?)
• Myths and legends of Māoriland, by A.W. Reed (1958)
• Building the main trunk, by New Zealand Railways Department (1960)
• Commissioned to illustrate the 1950 Imperial Chemical Industries calendar – Design Review: Volume 2, Issue 5 (February – March 1950)
• Contributed an essay on Design in Year Book Of The Arts In New Zealand, No. 4 (1948)

Works of art

Title	Medium	Date	Image
Nude	Monotype	1930s–40s
Nude No 1	Linocut	1930s–50
Nude No 2	Linocut	1930s–50
The Artist's Wife	Aquatint	1930s–50
Girl Dressing Her Hair	Monotype	1930s–50
Girl	Monotype	1930s–50
Man Reading	Monotype	1930s–50
Cat	Monotype	1930s–50
Figures	Monotype	1930s–50
Reflections	Linocut	1931
Meditation	Drypoint	1932
Nocturne	Aquatint	1933
Portrait Study	Aquatint	1933
Nude	Etching	1939
Malama	Aquatint	1940
Mamu	Aquatint	1940
Maori Navigators	Scraper-Board	1940
Joan Asleep	Aquatint	1940s
Marine Pattern 2	Colour Linocut	1940s
Nude	Aquatint	1940s
Design with Blue Girl	Colour Linocut	1940s
Beethoven	Aquatint	1943
Malama	Scraper-Board	1943
Figure 1	Linocut	1944
Figure 2	Linocut	1944
Reclining Nude	Linocut	1944
Maori Head	Woodcut	1945
Standing Nude	Colour Linocut	1945
Hinemoa	Scraper-Board	1945
Battle of the Sea and Shore Birds	Scraper-Board	1945
Ruarangi and the Turehu	Scraper-Board	1945
Young Hatupatu	Scraper-Board	1945
Tawhaki the Bold	Scraper-Board	1945
Tawhaki Calls on the Gods	Scraper-Board	1945
Battle of the Wind and the Sea Gods	Scraper-Board	1945
Kahukura and the Fairy Fisherman	Scraper-Board	1945
The Flying Taniwah Namu and Naeroa	Scraper-Board	1945
Rupe as a Pigeon	Scraper-Board	1945
Декоративный дизайн № 1	Цветный линопут	1946
Морской паттерн 1	Цветный линопут	1946
Мавританский кумир	Цветный линопут	1946
Игрушечная рыба	Цветный линопут	1946
Полосатая рыба (актуальная рыба)	Цветный линопут	1946
Декоративный дизайн № 2	Цветный линопут	1946
Декоративный дизайн № 3 (женщина с жеребенком)	Цветный линопут	1946
Треугольник	Цветный линопут	1946
Фигура и ландшафт	Цветный линопут	1946
Серебряное утро	Цветный линопут	1947
Ветер (сильный ветер)	Цветный линопут	1947
Вести	Цветный линопут	1947
Женщина	Цветный линопут	1947	-	Полинезийская маска	Дровяная гравюра	1947
Малия	Цветный линопут	1947
Голова	Акватинта	1947
Приходи со старым хайямом	Цветный линопут	1950
И уйти с мудрым, чтобы поговорить	Цветный линопут	1950
Я послал свою душу через невидимку	Цветный линопут	1950
Книга стиха и мысли	Цветный линопут	1950
Форма коряга	Линопу	1950
Уильям Коленсо, ботаник-попринтер	Скребок	1950

Дальнейшее чтение

• Херст, М. (1948) «Он смешивает романтику и реальность, искусство Джорджа Вудса», журнал Новой Зеландии . 27 (3): 28–29.
• Mackle, T. (1995) «Джордж Вудс (1896–1963)», Art New Zealand , 75: 88–90.
• Wadman, H. (1948) «Джордж Вудс», «Книга искусств» в Новой Зеландии , 4: 103–105.
• Дэвис, А. (1983) «Джордж Вудс 1898–1963», Нельсон: Галерея Сатера, июнь 1983 года.
• Annon (1941) Taylor & Woods, 101 Willis St, Wellington, Show Card & Poster Artists, в: Стоун Веллингтон, Hawke's Bay & Taranaki Directory, Веллингтон: Stone, Son & Co Ltd, с. 1933.

Внешние ссылки

• Коллекции онлайн действия Новой Зеландии Новая Зеландия Тонгарева
• Искусство в промышленности (1950) Обзор дизайна 2 (5): 104
• Новозеландский герб