‘Antonio Frasconi (1919 - 2013) was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and grew up in Uruguay. In 1945 he was awarded a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York. He also attended the New School for Social Research and later taught there. An internationally known woodcut artist, Frasconi has published hundreds of prints and illustrated many books. Although much of his work has registered political protest, his subjects range from urban scenes to literature to landscapes. The artist conducted classes at Pratt Institute, the Brooklyn Museum School, and the Atlanta Art Institute, and was on the faculty of the State University of New York at Purchase. Frasconi's prints are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art.’ https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021_01_10_archive.html 14.2.23
#Fortune for #AUGUST 1950
Illustration by Antonio Frasconi (1905-1979)
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Cover of *Fortune*, August 1950
#FortuneCover #Illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AntonioFrasconi #GraphicDesign #agriculture #grain #harvest #machinery
‘Antonio Frasconi (1919 - 2013) was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and grew up in Uruguay. In 1945 he was awarded a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York. He also attended the New School for Social Research and later taught there. An internationally known woodcut artist, Frasconi has published hundreds of prints and illustrated many books. Although much of his work has registered political protest, his subjects range from urban scenes to literature to landscapes. The artist conducted classes at Pratt Institute, the Brooklyn Museum School, and the Atlanta Art Institute, and was on the faculty of the State University of New York at Purchase. Frasconi's prints are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art.’ https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021_01_10_archive.html 14.2.23
#Fortune for #JULY 1950
Illustration by Antonio Frasconi (1905-1979)
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Cover of *Fortune*, July 1950
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #FortuneCover #AntonioFrasconi #mining #mines #miners
Cover for the cantilever rainbow book by Ruth Krauss One of the poems in the book : Snow melting, broken shore, little pine tree
Poem play from the cantilever rainbow by Ruth Krauss
Poem from the cantilever rainbow by Ruth Krauss and William Shakespeare
Final poem from the cantilever rainbow by Ruth Krauss
Snow melting
Broken shore
Little pine tree
#thecantileverrainbow
#ruthkrauss
#antoniofrasconi
I’m about to part with this wonderful woodcut.
“Boy with Cock,” color woodcut by Antonio Frasconi, 1947, NYC. Paper: 28x20 inches. One of his very first color prints. #antoniofrasconi
Meanwhile, here are some pomegranates on a table.
“Still Life,” by Antonio Frasconi, 1959. Color woodcut & collagraphy, 34”x25” #antoniofrasconi
Happy Birthday (one day late) to the great Langston Hughes (1901-1967).
Portrait of Langston Hughes, by Antonio Frasconi, 1999. Hydrostone cast of woodblocks, 20”x16” #antoniofrasconi #langstonhughes