About this artwork
Seaby specialised in colour woodcuts of birds and animals. The easy appeal of prints such as ‘Snow and Hare’ hides Seaby’s great technical ability: he was the author of influential articles on the technique of colour wood and lino engraving. A large number of his prints were produced as Christmas cards, for which this is a perfect example.
- title: Snow and Hare
- accession number: GMA 548
- artist: Allen William SeabyEnglish (1867 - 1953)
- gallery: Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art (Modern One)(Print Room)
- object type: Work on paper
- materials: Colour woodcut on paper
- date created: About 1923
- measurements: 12.00 x 17.50 cm (paper 14.00 x 18.90 cm)
- credit line: Purchased 1949
- copyright: © ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
- photographer: Antonia Reeve
Allen William Seaby
Allen William Seaby
Born in London in 1867, Allen Seaby was a painter, illustrator, colour woodcut artist and writer. He studied at Reading University’s School of Art where, from 1920-33, he was Professor of Fine Art. He illustrated and wrote a number of books during his career including: ‘Art in the Life of Mankind’, 1928-31, and ‘Colour Printing with Linoleum and Wood Blocks’, 1928. He also travelled widely in Scotland when he was working on the plates for a book on British birds, from 1910-13. Seaby was an influential exponent of the colour woodcut method with his subjects including birds, animals, and scenes from both the United Kingdom and Europe.
