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Lynd Ward hits all my favorite aspects of the mercurial world of art and design. Here is the son of a leader of the Methodist Church whose work unabashedly depicts the underside of the Depression Era city and the undead creatures of gothic horror (often in the buff). His work embodies the height of graphic narrative and the depth of pulp chunkiness. The elite halls of the gallery and chummy confines of the childrens’ library nook. Comfortable with brush or knife, his work carries an expressionistic zeal to it that would go on to influence comic books, illustration and printmaking well into the 21st. Century. Mighty impressive for a man whose work primarily consisted of no more than 2 to 3 colors per image.
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REFERENCES
Ward, Lynd (2009). Vertigo: A novel in woodcuts. Dover Publications, Inc.
Ward, Lynd (1974). Storyteller without words; The wood engravings of Lynd Ward. Abrams.
Ward, Lynd (2010). Six novels in woodcuts. Library of America.
Ward, Lynd (1965). Nic of the woods. Houghton Mifflin.
Jones, Stephen (2015). The art of horror: An illustrated history. Applause.
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Lynd Ward hits all my favorite aspects of the mercurial world of art and design. Here is the son of a leader of the Methodist Church whose work unabashedly depicts the underside of the Depression Era city and the undead creatures of gothic horror (often in the buff). His work embodies the height of graphic narrative and the depth of pulp chunkiness. The elite halls of the gallery and chummy confines of the childrens’ library nook. Comfortable with brush or knife, his work carries an expressionistic zeal to it that would go on to influence comic books, illustration and printmaking well into the 21st. Century. Mighty impressive for a man whose work primarily consisted of no more than 2 to 3 colors per image.
TIMELINE
REFERENCES
Ward, Lynd (2009). Vertigo: A novel in woodcuts. Dover Publications, Inc.
Ward, Lynd (1974). Storyteller without words; The wood engravings of Lynd Ward. Abrams.
Ward, Lynd (2010). Six novels in woodcuts. Library of America.
Ward, Lynd (1965). Nic of the woods. Houghton Mifflin.
Jones, Stephen (2015). The art of horror: An illustrated history. Applause.