The Children's Homer pl 61 (1918)
Padraic Colum1918 · Portrait
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Specifications
- Year
- 1918
- Nationality / school
- Irish
- Lifespan
- 1881–1972
About the artwork
Dated 1918, "The Children's Homer pl 61" is an artwork by Padraic Colum. About the period around 1918: Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. Posters, magazines, and illustrated books were major ways for the public to meet new art and design. The catalogue places it in Illustration. The format is portrait. Background on Illustration: Printing methods such as woodcut, engraving, lithography, and photomechanical reproduction each shaped how illustrators worked. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are often described as a golden age of book and magazine illustration.
"The Children's Homer pl 61" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Irish, 1881–1972
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