Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE British, 1903-1975
Green Man. ed.105/200, 1972
Screenprint, signed by the artist
30 x 22 "
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Publisher: Cerclè Graphique Européen Printer: Kelpra Studios This screen print is from an original watercolour of the same title. Although there is no description written by Hepworth on this particular...
Publisher: Cerclè Graphique Européen
Printer: Kelpra Studios
This screen print is from an original watercolour of the same title. Although there is no description written by Hepworth on this particular work, her art often links the British sensibility to landscape with an abstract sense of space and structure. But the landscape was not only a source of structure it was also a 'human environment', and this relationship between man and nature is a core element in her art. Many myths and legends have their roots in the ancient being of the Green Man, and unlike other pagan spirits and deities, he seems to have been accepted as a decorative architectural ornament, found in carvings on church buildings, representing a symbol of rebirth and resurrection.
It’s also interesting to note that in 1967 the Cornish poet, who lived in Launceston, Cornwall wrote a charming poem titled “The Green Man in My Garden.”
Printer: Kelpra Studios
This screen print is from an original watercolour of the same title. Although there is no description written by Hepworth on this particular work, her art often links the British sensibility to landscape with an abstract sense of space and structure. But the landscape was not only a source of structure it was also a 'human environment', and this relationship between man and nature is a core element in her art. Many myths and legends have their roots in the ancient being of the Green Man, and unlike other pagan spirits and deities, he seems to have been accepted as a decorative architectural ornament, found in carvings on church buildings, representing a symbol of rebirth and resurrection.
It’s also interesting to note that in 1967 the Cornish poet, who lived in Launceston, Cornwall wrote a charming poem titled “The Green Man in My Garden.”