Paul Landacre (1893-1963)
Baldy, 1932
Wood engraving
3  3/8″ x 4 & 1/8″
rare second state, unnumbered edition of nine. pencil signed lower right margin.
Full margins, immaculate shape. Framed.

$5500

From AskArt:

Paul Hambleton Landacre (1893 – 1963) was active/lived in California, Ohio. Paul Landacre is known for Illustrator, wood engraving.

Born in Columbus, OH on July 9, 1893, Paul Landacre,while a student at Ohio State University, contracted a streptococcus infection which left him crippled for life. Upon graduation in 1916, he relocated to the milder climate of southern California. He soon began his career in a San Diego advertising agency and about 1922 settled in Los Angeles where he remained.

In 1926 he quit his job as a commercial artist to concentrate on printmaking. Landacre taught wood engraving at Otis Art Institute until his suicide on June 3, 1963.

He was the author-illustrator of several books including California Hills. Rockwell Kent once called him “the best American wood engraver working.”

Memberships:
National Academy of Design, California Printmakers Society, California Society of Etchers, San Diego Fine Arts Society

Exhibitions:
Exh: Zeitlin Gallery (LA), 1930 (solo); Philadelphia Print Club, 1932 (1st p

Source: Edan Hughes, “Artists in California, 1786-1940”
Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Who’s Who in American Art 1936-62; Who’s Who in California 1942; Who’s Who on the Pacific Coast 1949; Journal of the Print World, Fall 1991; Fine Art & Antiques, Dec. 1993.