Online Sale Continues

A Sale of Prints, William Strang. Etching. 1889.

We are currently  offering 15% off all online sales.

Until the end of January we are offering a 15% discount on all items bought via the website.

This excludes any items reserved before January 1st, material by contemporary Oxford printmakers and any of the prints on display as part of our Art Nouveau exhibition.

Please note this offer is only valid for payments made over the phone and via Paypal.

Art Nouveau Exhibition Opens Tomorrow Night

Join us in the gallery tomorrow evening for a sneak preview of our Art Nouveau exhibition, and a glass of wine (or two)

New Year, New Carpet

After the struggle of clearing all the stock and furniture off the shop floor on Sunday afternoon the new carpet has been fitted at the shop is almost back to normal.

SHOP CLOSED UNTIL WEDNESDAY

The shop will be shut for a couple of days while we have our lovely new carpet fitted.  We will re-open on the afternoon of Wednesday 11th January to begin hanging our Art Nouveau exhibition.

Print Du Jour

Todays print is a scarce example of a work by the British artist and illustrator Cecil Aldin.

“ ‘Op It!”
Cecil Aldin
Chromolithograph
Published by Richard Wyman & Co. Ltd. 16, Bedford Street, Strand, London, W.C. [c.1910]
Image 249 x 380 mm

Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (1870 – 1935) was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings of animals and rural life. Born in Slough, he was educated at Eastbourne College and Solihull Grammar School. He studied anatomy at South Kensington, and animal painting under W. Frank Calderon. He lived at The Abbots, Sulhamstead Abbots from 1913 to 1914 and was church warden of St Mary's, the local church. His first drawings were published in The Graphic in 1891.

Print Du Jour

This fantastic new arrival was part of a small collection of recently acquired Japanese Woodblock prints:

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (17977-1861)
Gentoku, on his black horse Tekiro, leaping into the gorge of Tan
Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
1836 (Tenpô 6)
Oban tate-e single sheet [9.5 x 14 inches]

Xuande (Gentoku) Crossing the Tan Gorge
Cens: Kiwame
Series: Heroes of the Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms:Tsûzoku Sangokushi eiyû no ichinin
Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô
Reference: Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003),155; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list S10.5

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a Chinese historical novel written in the fourteenth century by Luo Guanzhong about the period between the years 184 and 280 CE.  During this turbulent period of history, China was composed of three competing kingdoms–the Wei (also known as Cao Wei), the Han (also known as Shu Han or Shu) and the Wu (also known as Eastern Wu).

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (c.1797 - April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He is associated with the Utagawa school.  The range of Kuniyoshi's preferred subjects included many genres: landscapes, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals. He is known for depictions of the battles of samurai and legendary heroes. His artwork was affected by Western influences in landscape painting and caricature.

15% ONLINE SALE!

For the month of January we are offering a 15% discount on all items bought via the website.

It is easy to browse our extensive collection online, varying from British Topography to Mythological.  We carry Pre-Raphaelite, Portraits, Decorative, Sporting, Caricatures, Maritime, Military, Medical, and Fine Art prints as well as a wonderful selection of original Japanese woodblock prints and much more.

Please visit our website for further details http://www.sandersofoxford.com/