Rural Idyll reserved reproducing two hundred in his

reproducing two hundred in his seminal text on the subject

Exhibited in the Golf Exhibition at the High Museum of Art

Although not from his WPA period this is a relatively early work and its appeal and ultimately its value is derived entirely from the subject

Described as the ‘Grandfather of British illustration’ (thank you Chris Beetles) his economy of line was said to have modernised his trade and certainly influenced the next generation of cartoonists from Frank Reynolds to David Low

An article in Der Spiegl covered the event and the obscure French naive painter was launched on the international art market

Rural Idyll reserved reproducing two hundred in his