Bernard Essers

Dutch, 1893–1945, based in Bergen (NH) · graphic artist and illustrator

Refined woodcuts and ink brush drawings steeped in symbolism, made for a string of literary book illustrations in the 1920s and 30s. Essers’s prints carry a quiet, decorative stillness, shaped by his childhood on Java and later training in the Arts and Crafts tradition.

Website: bernardessers.nl

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