Barry Moser
Barry Moser (born 1940) is an artist, known as a printmaker and illustrator of numerous works of literature. He is also the owner, operator, and proprietor of .
Biography[]
He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1940, Moser studied at the Baylor School, Auburn University, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga,[1] and did graduate work at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He studied with Leonard Baskin.[2]
Some of his most celebrated work has been his illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, each of which consisted of more than a hundred prints, and the former of which won him American Book Award for design and illustration in 1982. He has illustrated nearly 200 other works as well, including The Bible, A River Runs Through It, and Moby-Dick. He has been on the faculty of the Department of Illustration Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, for many years he was on the faculty of the Williston Northampton School and is currently Professor in Residence and Printer to the College at Smith College.
His works have been displayed in such places as the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, Harvard, and the Library of Congress.
In 2007 the Smithsonian Art Collectors Program commissioned Moser to create a print for their Small Treasures series, the sales of which benefit educational and cultural programs through the Smithsonian Associates. The resulting relief engraving, is on display in the S. Dillon Ripley Center in the National Mall.
Barry Moser also teaches Life Drawing at the Glen East Workshop, held every summer at Pioneer Valley, MA.
Further reading[]
- Simon Brett, '', in Parenthesis; 21 (2011 Autumn), p. 15-17
- Moser, Barry, Wood Engraving: the Art of Wood Engraving & Relief Engraving (2006) ISBN 1567922791
Bibliography[]
- (1985)[3]
- (1988)
- A River Runs Through It (1989)
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1989)
- (1990)
- (1991)
- (1992)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1992)
- Beauty and the Beast (1992)
- (1993)
- (1994)
- (1994)
- The Pageant (1995)
- (1996)
- First Love: A Gothic Tale (1996)
- (1997)
- Dippers (1997)
- (1998)
- (1999)
- (2002)
- (2002)
- (2003)
- (2004)
- Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny: An Original African American Scare Tale (2004)
- (2005)
- (2006)
- (2007)
- (2008)
- (2008)
- (2009)
- (2011)
- (2011)
- (2011)
- Cat Talk (2013)
- (2015)
References[]
- ^ Moccasin. Chattanooga, Tennessee: University of Chattanooga. 1962. p. 159. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ Melville, Herman, Moby Dick, or The Whale, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 1981
- ^ "THE MOTHER GOOSE COLLECTION OF SIX LIMITED EDITION PRINTS: "MOTHER GOOSE"--MAURICE SENDAK; "TARTS"--BARRY MOSER; "AROUND THE GREEN GRAVEL"--CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG; "THE KILKENNY CATS"--SEYMOUR CHWAST; "THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE"--DANIEL PELVIN - Maurice Sendak Et Al". www.poormansbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
External links[]
- Barry Moser and his own Pennyroyal Press
- 1999 Underdown.org interview
- Gallery of various work
- The Career Cookbook Barry Moser Profile
- Barry Moser's An Old Chestnut, Smithsonian Art Collectors Program
- Barry Moser etchings, engravings, and papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- The Papers of Barry Moser at Dartmouth College Library
- Pennyroyal Press records at the Mortimer Rare Book Collection, Smith College Special Collections
- Barry Moser at Library of Congress Authorities, with 144 catalog records
- American illustrators
- American printmakers
- Rhode Island School of Design faculty
- Auburn University alumni
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga alumni
- University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
- 1940 births
- Living people