ALBERT HUIE (JAMAICAN, 1920-2010)
WOODCUT ON PAPER, SIGNED AND TITLED LOWER MARGIN
A STRIKING BLACK AND WHITE WOODCUT DEPICTING TWO FIGURES HARVESTING TIMBER AMIDST FLORA, CHARACTERIZED BY BOLD CONTRAST AND STYLIZED LINEAR PATTERNS.
9.375 X 7\.25 IN PLATE
16.5 X 14 IN FRTAMED
ALBERT HUIE WAS A SEMINAL JAMAICAN PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER WIDELY REGARDED AS THE “FATHER OF JAMAICAN PAINTING.” HE RECEIVED HIS FORMAL ART EDUCATION AT THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART IN TORONTO AND THE CAMBERWELL SCHOOL OF ART IN LONDON BEFORE CO-FOUNDING THE JAMAICA SCHOOL OF ART AND CRAFTS IN 1950. HIS WORK CHRONICLED THE DIGNITY OF THE ISLAND’S WORKING CLASS, THE RICHNESS OF THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE, AND SOCIOPOLITICAL NARRATIVES THROUGH SOCIAL REALIST AND POST-IMPRESSIONIST STYLES. HE HELD NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT HIS FIVE-DECADE CAREER AND RECEIVED MAJOR ACCOLADES, INCLUDING JAMAICA’S MUSGRAVE GOLD MEDAL IN 1974.
ALBERT HUIE – IN THE WOODS WOODCUT
ALBERT HUIE (JAMAICAN, 1920-2010) WOODCUT ON PAPER, SIGNED AND TITLED LOWER MARGIN A STRIKING BLACK AND WHITE WOODCUT DEPICTING TWO FIGURES HARVESTING TIMBER AMIDST FLORA, CHARACTERIZED BY BOLD CONTRAST AND STYLIZED LINEAR PATTERNS. 9.375 X 7\.25 IN PLATE 16.5 X 14 IN FRTAMED ALBERT HUIE WAS A SEMINAL JAMAICAN PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER WIDELY REGARDED AS…