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Jacques Hnizdovsky's original woodcut, "Ex-Libris Hnizdovsky" (Tree) is printed upon mulberry paper and with full deckled margins as created by Hnizdovsky in 1972. This impression is signed and dated by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Many of the artist's recurring themes, include, cats, sheep and trees. This particular woodcut depicts a majestic and perfectly formed tree, although its leafless and twisted branches tend to denote death, I deem, this striking composition to be a representation of life. This original woodcut represents an important example of the ex-libris art of created by the 20th century Ukrainian / American artist, Jacques Hnizdovsky. |
Title: | Ex-Libris Hnizdovsky (Tree) |
Artist: | Hnizdovsky, Jacques (Pylypche, Ukraine, 1915 - New York City, 1985) |
Date: | 1972 |
Medium: | Original Woodcut |
Source: | Ex-Libris Bookplate |
Note: | Jacques Hnizdovsky: An outstanding twentieth century woodcut artist and painter, the work of Jacques Hnizdovsky is known throughout Europe and America. After having studied at both the Academies of Warsaw and Zagreb, Jacques Hnizdovsky moved to the United States in 1949. Developing a style which he termed, "simplified realism", Hnizdovsky created almost 250 striking woodcuts during his career. Many of the artist's recurring themes, include, cats, sheep and trees. This particular woodcut depicts a majestic and perfectly formed tree, although its leafless and twisted branches tend to denote death, I deem, this striking composition to be a representation of life. When questioned about his interest in nature, the artist was quoted as saying; "Trees, plants and animals were originally only my second love, I found so much beauty in them, that they became my first."* Jacques Hnisdovsky |
Jacques Hnizdovsky contributed illustrations to the Poems of John Keats, 1964; The Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1967; Tree Trails of Central Park, 1971; Flora Exotica, 1972; The Poems of Thomas Hardy, 1979; The Traveler's Tree, 1980; The Poetry of Robert Frost, 1981; Signum Et Verbum, 1981; A Green Place, 1982; Birds and Beasts, 1990; Behind The King's Kitchen, 1992; and The Girl in Glass in 2002. | |
Jacques Hnizdovsky was awarded First Prize at the Boston Printmakers annual exhibition in 1962. He received a Tiffany Fellowship in 1961, and fellowships from the following: MacDowell Colony in 1963, 1971, 1976, 1977; Yaddo Foundation in 1978; Ossabaw Foundation in 1980; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984. | |
Today Jacques Hnizdovsky's art is included in such major collections as The Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts; The Burnaby Art Gallery, British Columbia; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; The Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Virginia; The Cleveland Museum of Fine Arts; The Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University; The Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina; The Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee; The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh; The Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi; The Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge; The Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans; The MinneapolisInstitute of Arts; The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC; The New Orleans Museum of Art; The New York Public Library; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota; The U.S. Information Agency, Washington, DC; The Library of Congress and The White House, Washington, DC; The University of Delaware; The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; The Winnipeg Art Gallery and Yale University and others. | |
A catalogue raisonne of his woodcuts Hnizdovsky Woodcuts 1944 - 1975 was published by Pelican Publishing Co. of Gretna, Louisiana. There is also an updated version Jacques Hnizdovsky Woodcuts and Etchings, published in 1987. It includs all the graphic works he made during his lifetime. | |
Jacques Hnizdovsky created a small number of Ex-Libris woodcuts during his life. Undoubtedly the greatest of these was the one he designed for himself. This particular impression is also signed and dated in pencil by him. | |
Ex-Libris etchings, engravings and woodcuts date all the way back to the mid fifteenth century. Their function was initially quite utilitarian as miniature prints used to signify the ownership of books. As private libraries and their owners gained more wealth and prestige, however, so did their ex-libris bookplates. Pictorial imagery became as important as the wording and titles and the finished work of art came to stand as the owner's claim to posterity. Before long, famous artists were commissioned by prominent collectors to make their ex-libris art and during the centuries such masters as Durer, Holbein, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec and Rockwell Kent all contributed significantly to this great form of art. | |
The golden age for the ex-libris print, however, began during the early twentieth century and continues to this day. In the Art Deco decades of the 1920's and 1930's the collecting of ex-libris etchings, linocuts and wood engravings reached such a peak that many artists in Europe and America devoted themselves almost exclusively to this area. In France, Henri Berengier and Valentin Le Campion gained an international reputation for their ex-libris art and were constantly commissioned bybook collectors around the world. In our times many prominent artists have distinguished themselves in this field, such as Antonio Grimaldi (Italy), Frank Ivo van Damme (Belgium), Masao Ohba (Japan), Ladislav Rusek (Czech Republic), David Bekker (Ukraine) and Anneke Kuyper (Holland). | |
Reference: | Information is provided courtesy of Mrs. Stephanie Hnizdovsky, wife of the late, Jacques Hnizdovsky. |
Size: | 3 1/4 X 2 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials | |
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Condition: | Printed upon mulberry (rice) paper and with full deckled margins as created by Hnizdovsky in 1972. Signed and dated by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. A finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original woodcut represents an important example of the famous art by the Ukrainian / American artist, Jacques Hnizdovsky. |
Subject: | Jacques Hnizdovsky, "Ex-Libris Hnizdovsky" (tree), original woodcut, ex-libris bookplates, Ukrainian / American artist. |
Price: | Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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Original Woodcut by the Ukrainian / American artist, Jacques Hnizdovsky.
Ex-Libris Hnizdovsky |
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Image | Title & Artist | Artist Info | Medium | Date | - |
Bookplate of Mark Holstein (Bucking Holstein Bull) by Arthur Allen Lewis | Arthur Allen Lewis (Mobile, Alabama, 1873 - New York City, 1957) | Original Color Woodcut | 1927 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris Carlo d'Alessio (Young Women Bathing, Satyr Playing his Syrinx) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Engraving & Soft Ground Etching | 1949 | ||
Ex-Libris Charles Asselineau (La Femme Qui N'est Pas La Colombe Et Le Roseau Est Un Monstre) by Aglaus Bouvenne | Aglaus Bouvenne (Paris, 1829 - Levallois-Perret, 1903) | Original Etching with Plate Tone | c. 1870 | ||
Ex-Libris de Madame la Comtesse de Noe by Aglaus Bouvenne | Aglaus Bouvenne (Paris, 1829 - Levallois-Perret, 1903) | Original Etching | 1888 | ||
Ex-Libris Design (Woman with Conch Shell, & a Falling Star) by Frank Ivo van Damme | Frank-Ivo Van Damme (Belgium, 20th century) | Original Linocut | c. 1970 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris Diamond (An Eagle, Wings Spread, Hovers over the Globe within a Diamond Cloud) by Valentin Le Campion | Valentin Le Campion (Born, Russia, 1903 - Died, Paris 1952) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1930 - 1940 | ||
Ex-Libris Diamond (Tropical Island, Palm Trees, a Volcano & Lies) by Adrian Feint | Adrian Feint (Narrandera, New South Wales, 1894 - Sydney, 1971) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1930 | ||
Ex-Libris Dr. A. L. (Dance of Death) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Etching | 1948 | ||
Ex-Libris Dr. Luigi Airoldi (Sorceress, Crystal Ball, & Chinese Dragon) by Enrico Vannuccini | Enrico Vannuccini (Barullo di Cortona, 1900 - Griante, Italy, 1990) | Original Etching | 1948 | ||
Ex-Libris Elizabeth (Young Woman Viewing a Rose in an Open Book) by Valentin Le Campion | Valentin Le Campion (Born, Russia, 1903 - Died, Paris 1952) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1935 | ||
Ex Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Alpine Chateau, Mountaineering) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Etching | c. 1948 or 1949 | ||
Ex-Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Chinese Winter Landscape) by John Hudson Elwell | John Hudson Elwell (Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1878 – 1955) | Original Engraving | c. 1930 | ||
Ex-Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Landscape with Tree & Swirling Prints) by Adrian Feint | Adrian Feint (Narrandera, New South Wales, 1894 - Sydney, 1971) | Original Wood Engraving | 1938 | ||
Ex-Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Women Holding up a Globe - Black Ink) by Valentin Le Campion | Valentin Le Campion (Born, Russia, 1903 - Died, Paris 1952) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1935 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Women Holding up a Globe - Red Ink) by Valentin Le Campion | Valentin Le Campion (Moscow, 1903 - Plessis-Robinson (Paris), 1952) | Original Wood Engraving | c.1935 | ||
Ex-Libris Emil Eerme (Forest Landscape) by Karoly Andrusko | Karoly Andrusko (Zentan, Hungary, B. 1915) | Original Woodcut | 1970 | ||
Ex-Libris Eroticis Lars C. Stolt (Embracing Figures in Silhouette) by Ladislav Rusek | Ladislav Rusek (Czech Republic, Born, Olomouce) | Original Linocut | 1973 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris: Franz J. Kaiser (Director of the Dairy Ministry, Vienna) by Alfred Cossmann | Alfred Cossmann (Gratz, 1870 - Vienna, 1951) | Original Engraving | 1905 |
Ex-Libris George Allan Hancock (Oceanographic Research Vessel, Velero) by James Webb | James Webb (U.S.A., Active, 1920 - 1940) | Original Engraving | 1932 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris Giorgio Balbi (Sognare -- 'Dream') by Giulio Cisari | Giulio Cisari (Como, 1892 - Milan, 1979) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1935 - 1940 | ||
Ex-Libris Harvey Simmonds (Caltha, Ranunculaceae) by Clare Leighton | Clare Leighton (London, 1899 - Woodbury, Connecticut, 1989) | Original Wood Engraving | 1956 | ||
Ex-Libris Hnizdovsky (Tree) by Jacques Hnizdovsky | Jacques Hnizdovsky (Pylypche, Ukraine, 1915 - New York City, 1985) | Original Woodcut | 1972 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris J. Edouard Diamond (Dutch Scenes, Bridge over Canal in Amsterdam, Gabled Buildings, a Windmill, & Sailboats) by Valentin Le Campion | Valentin Le Campion (Born, Russia, 1903 - Died, Paris 1952) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1930 | ||
Ex-Libris J. Edouard Diamond (Woman at a Spring) by Leslie Victor Smith (Monogramme: L. V. S) | Leslie Victor Smith 'Monogramme L. V. S.' (Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, 1880 - Toronto?, 1952) | Original Etching | 1939 | ||
Ex-Libris Jack Diamond & Elizabeth Diamond (Jack & the Queen of Diamonds Playing Cards) by Kalman Kubinyi | Kalman Kubinyi (Cleveland, 1906 - Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1973) | Two Original Linocuts | c.1935 - 1940 | ||
Ex-Libris Julio C. Salvatierra 'Nostalgia de Mallorca (Majorca)' by Carlos Puntis Nebot | Carlos Puntis Nebot (Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 1912 – 2001) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1950 | ||
Ex-Libris Library of Betsie Diamond (Pan Playing his Syrinx) by John William Jameson | John William Jameson ( Chicago, 1882 - 1939) | Original Etching | 1938 | ||
Ex-Libris Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (Study of a Woman) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1949 | ||
Ex-Libris Luigi Filippo Bolaffio: Memoriam Michel Fingesten by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Etching | 1950 | Sold | |
Ex Libris Mansueto Fenini (Venustas Lux 'Beautiful Light') by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1949 | ||
Ex-Libris Moses H. Grossman (Fly Fishing in a Mountain Stream) by Henri Berengier | Henri Berengier (Marseille, 1880 - ?) | Original Etching | c. 1925 | ||
Ex-Libris Pepita Palle (Mi Agrada Molt Viatjar) by Mark Fernand Severin | Mark Fernand Severin (Brussels, 1906 - 1987) | Original Wood Engraving | 1968 | ||
Ex-Libris Sara Eugenia Blake (Still Life, Drawing Pad, & Art Supplies) by Alexandre Coll Blanch | Alexandre Coll Blanch (Barcelona, 1898 - 1975) | Original Etching | c. 1950 | ||
Ex-Libris Sara Eugenia Blake (The Old State House, Boston) by Sara Eugenia Blake | Sara Eugenia Blake (Boston, 1886 - 1973) | Original Engraving & Etching | c. 1920 - 1930 | ||
Ex-Libris Sidney David Gamble (View of China) by an Unknown Artist Monogram | Unknown Artist Monogram (20th century) | Original Engraving & Etching | 1923 | Sold | |
Ex Libris Stasys Pilka (We Are Such Stuff as Dreams Are) by Vytautas Osvaldas Virkau | Vytautas Osvaldas Virkau (Siauliai, Lithuania, Born, 1930) | Original Wood Engraving | 1975 | ||
Ex-Libris Varga Karoly (Castle of Sumeg) by Antal Fery | Antal Fery (Szerencs, Hungary, 1908 - Budapest, 1993) | Original Woodcut | 1976 | ||
Ex-Libris Vitolis Vengris by Vincas Kisarauskas | Vincas Kisarauskas (Augmenai (Radviliskis), Lithuania, 1934 – New York, 1988) | Original Color Linocut | c. 1971 - 1972 | Sold | |
VI Congreso Europeo de Ex-Libris, Barcelona (Angel & Medieval Scriveners) by Antoni Gelabert i Casas | Antoni Gelabert i Casas (Barcelona, Spain, 1911 - 1980) | Original Color Woodcut | 1958 |
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