Amédée-wetter (1869-1929) - Breton Woman And Her Child

Rare woodcut by the artist depicting a young Breton woman and her child.Print on fine verge china paper without watermarkSigned in pencil lower right and numbered lower leftIn very good conditionUnframed27 cm high x 20 cm wide for the sheet, 16 x 14 cm for the engraved part.Careful shippingBiography; Henri-Hippolyte Amédée, known as Henri Amédée-Wetter (Montluçon, 1869 - Paris, 1929), painter and illustrator, began engraving following the example of his friend Paul-Émile Colin. Prints inspired by Brittany appeared from 1912 and 1913. Some paintings in the Montluçon museum allow us to locate his Breton stays, without however dating them: Douarnenez, Pont-Croix, the Baie des Trépassés, the Pays Bigouden, the island of Ouessant. The woodcuts confirm this predilection for maritime Finistère. Amédée-Wetter, by the very choice of woodcuts and black and white, offers a more austere vision, in which the picturesque environment plays little part."