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1450-1550: The Golden Age of the Woodcut; The Woodcut Revival: 1800-1925

Bret Waller, curator

February 1, 1968–June 5, 2025

University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas

Two periods during which the art of the woodcut attained particular heights of excellence.

Works of art

The Bride of Christ (1 column of text & illustration) from Buch der Kunst, da durch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden (Book of Art through which the worldly man may become spiritual), Iohannes Bämler; Artist Unknown — Iohannes Bämler; Artist Unknown

The Bride of Christ (1 column of text & illustration) from Buch der Kunst, da durch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden (Book of Art through which the worldly man may become spiritual), 1477

Death of Absalom from the Lübeck Bible — Iohannes Bämler; Artist Unknown

Death of Absalom from the Lübeck Bible, 1494

The Dance of Death — Iohannes Bämler; Artist Unknown

The Dance of Death, 1501

Landscape with Windmill, Timothy Cole — Timothy Cole

Landscape with Windmill, 1920

Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers), Félix Edouard Vallotton — Félix Edouard Vallotton

Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers), 1891

Self-portrait, Max Beckmann — Max Beckmann

Self-portrait, 1922

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Exhibition Pamphlet