tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post4018256066615696182..comments2023-10-31T12:17:42.008+00:00Comments on Adventures in the Print Trade: What's in a name? The disappearance of Gaston NickNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-11857969380689927072012-02-13T15:11:19.838+00:002012-02-13T15:11:19.838+00:00Jane - You're right, he's good at groups o...Jane - You're right, he's good at groups of people interrelating. Also that the lack of contrast in the etchings does place extra emphasis on his draughtsmanship.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-78833637358369742412012-02-13T15:09:59.630+00:002012-02-13T15:09:59.630+00:00Philip - You're right about drawing people fro...Philip - You're right about drawing people from behind - he somehow seems to get more character and definition from the rear than face-on. Of the woodcuts I particularly like the chapter head for Egalité, for its cinematic quality.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-19035653573805022502012-02-13T15:08:25.736+00:002012-02-13T15:08:25.736+00:00Gerrie - I too like the canalside image.Gerrie - I too like the canalside image.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-41900964240858372102012-02-13T14:52:36.939+00:002012-02-13T14:52:36.939+00:00His images of people together are so convincing, s...His images of people together are so convincing, so finely observed. If we are voting for favorites, I like the children in front of the shop window. Nick's drawing skills are very good, I think, because he doesn't use that much dark/light contrast in his etchings. he doesn't make things easy for himself.Jane Librizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943563452168571716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-73514887526228759342012-02-12T14:46:22.012+00:002012-02-12T14:46:22.012+00:00Yes, I've been admiring the Canalside one, too...Yes, I've been admiring the Canalside one, too. He liked drawing people from behind, didn't he? I like the château from Egalité as well - a resplendent building with its pointed roofs, as if still shining from its restoration by Viollet le Duc in the previous century.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-62069182422554400912012-02-12T08:14:18.685+00:002012-02-12T08:14:18.685+00:00Interesting story and some great images. The 1927 ...Interesting story and some great images. The 1927 Canalside composition very strong, my favorite, like his observations of children and market day peasantry. Very worthwhile, like the Provence woodcuts.<br />Thanks for introducing him.Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.com