{"title":"Wright, John Buckland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Buckland Wright (1897-1954)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a British printmaker, painter and draughtsman. He worked principally as an etcher and engraver, and was self-taught.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuckland Wright was born on 3 December 1897 in Dunedin, New Zealand. He moved to England in 1908. Buckland Wright studied history at Oxford and then architecture in London. He soon realised that he wanted to be an artist more than an architect and by 1921 he was living in Belgium and was elected a member of the Gravure Originale Belge in 1925. He was also a member of Xylographes Belges, SWE and LG. During the 1930s, Buckland Wright lived and worked in Paris and frequently visited S W Hayter's Atelier 17. He had one-man shows in London and throughout the continent, sometimes signing his work J B W. His work is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and many galleries and museums in Europe and America. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe mentored Turkish artist and engraver Aliye Berger in the late 1940s when she moved to London and began to study engraving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA master printmaker with an assured, swirling line, Buckland Wright passed on his skills after World War II when he taught at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, from 1948, and the Slade School of Fine Art, from 1953, the year that his book Etching and Engraving: Techniques and the Modern Trend was published. He illustrated over 50 books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuckland Wright died on 27 September 1954.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"decameron-of-giovanni-boccaccio-the-1955-john-buckland-wright-1897-1954-10-images","title":"Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, The 1955 - John Buckland Wright (1897-1954) - 10 images","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Decameron is a collection of short stories by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men; they shelter in a secluded villa just outside Florence in order to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city. The epidemic is likely what Boccaccio used for the basis of the book which was thought to be written between 1348-1353. The various tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons also contribute to the mosaic. It also provides a document of life at the time. Written in the vernacular of the Florentine language, it is considered a masterpiece of early Italian prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the John Buckland Wright illustrations from the 1955 edition of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 10 images, in jpeg format, that are 600dpi and range from 2856 pixels wide\/tall to 4767 pixels wide\/tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca title=\"John Buckland Wright\" href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/wright-john-buckland\"\u003eJohn Buckland Wright\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 10 images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186489196874,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Wright_JohnB_1897-1954_-Decameron1955_main.jpg?v=1751629685"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Wright_John_B_1897-1954-6597899.jpg?v=1768959060","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/wright-john-buckland.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}