Silently the Past by Frank Eckmair
This is a two color woodcut of a rural scene. There are a couple of buildings in the background and a ruined tractor in the mid-ground. This is a later piece where Eckmair uses rough found lumber to print part of the image. The grain and knots in the wood add interest to the piece, as does Eckmair's signature use of large areas of negative space. Solid green is used to depict the sky.
Artist Bio: Frank Eckmair (1930- ) Frank C. Eckmair is a noted artist, printmaker and teacher. For many years he taught and served as Chairman of the Fine Arts Department at Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York. His wood engravings and other works have appeared in dozens of books in the U.S. and abroad. His prints are housed in private collections and museums around the world, including the New York Public Library, the Smithsonian Museum, the Metropolitan, the British Museum, Whitney Museum of Art, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Art, Seoul National Museum, Butler Institute of American Art, the Museo de Arte Costarricense in Costa Rice, Pushkin Museum, Vatican Library, Glenbow Museum in Calgary, and others. Eckmair has been honored with numerous one-man shows. For the past ten years he has served as Art Director at Birch Brook Press.
Size: 30 5/8 x 19 7/8
Plate Size: 26 x 13.5 inches
Condition: Excellent
Medium: Wood Block Print
Subject: Regionalism/Rural
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