Frans Masereel, A Passionate Journey
frans masereel, a passionate journey , a photo by alfred_stark on Flickr. One more: couldn't resist.
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Frans Masereel (1889 - 1972)
Frans Masereel (31 July 1889 – 3 January 1972) was a Flemish painter and graphic artist who worked mainly in France. He is known especially for his woodcuts . His greatest work is generally said to be the wordless graphic novel Mon Livre d'Heures ( Passionate Journey ). He completed over 20 other wordless novels in his career. Masereel's woodcuts strongly influenced the work of Lynd Ward and later graphic artists such as Clifford Harper and Eric Drooker . There is now a Frans Masereel Centre (Frans Masereel Centrum for Graphix) in the small village of Kasterlee in Belgium. [From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Masereel ]
Masereel, 1924
Masereel, 1924 , a photo by Mauro F.A. on Flickr. Another nice example of Masereel's work: The Kiss. Unfortunately, I can't find a copy of the woodcut on Zweig's book: Der Zwang.
Frans Masereel, La Nageuse (The Bather), 1938
frans masereel, la nageuse (the bather), 1938 , a photo by alfred_stark on Flickr. I didn't know his work before I saw the cover art for Stefan Zweig's The World of Yesterday . This is not the cover (haven't been able to dig it up) but a nice example of Masereel's work nevertheless.