1925
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Print Collection is a 1925 by Edward Gordon Craig, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print is part of the Print Collection by Edward Gordon Craig. It's a work from 1925, created using the medium of print. The print is entitled 'The Storm, King Lear' and is a wood-engraving on Japon paper. Craig was introduced to woodcutting and engraving by artists James Pryde and William Nicholson. To learn more about the techniques used in this print, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
The wood-engraving titled *The Storm, King Lear* by Edward Gordon Craig, created in 1925 on Japon paper, is the 103rd impression of a limited edition of 150. It depicts a scene from *King Lear*, likely Act III, Scene II, showing Lear on the heath, mounted on card and signed and dated in pencil at the lower right. Craig, known for his innovative stage designs, also employed his distinctive white-line wood engraving technique in this print.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Edward Henry Gordon Craig, was an English modernist theatre practitioner; Part of the Terry family and son of the actress Ellen Terry, he worked as an actor in his youth before becoming a director and scenic designer,…
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