Woodcut Artists

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Woodcut Artists

3,778 works at MoMA 8 nationalities

Leading Artists in Woodcut

450 Émile Bernard French
163 Antonio Frasconi American
145 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German
140 Jean (Hans) Arp French
99 André Derain French
99 Vasily Kandinsky French
85 Joan Miró Spanish
80 Max Weber American
65 Lyonel Feininger American
52 Stephen White American

National Distribution

Nationality	Works	Share
French	1093	28.9%
American	1028	27.2%
German	732	19.4%
Japanese	175	4.6%
Mexican	127	3.4%
Spanish	106	2.8%
British	56	1.5%
Costa Rican	44	1.2%

Classification Sub-types

Classification	Works	Share
Illustrated Book	1939	51.3%
Print	1648	43.6%
Periodical	180	4.8%
Design	7	0.2%
Architecture	3	0.1%
Portfolio	1	0%

Department Distribution

Drawings and Prints (MET) — 3863
Drawings & Prints (MOMA) — 3768
Architecture & Design (MOMA) — 10
Asian Art (MET) — 3
Photographs (MET) — 1

Production by Decade

68

0s

1

1800s

111

1890s

102

1900s

572

1910s

828

1920s

334

1930s

306

1940s

478

1950s

280

1960s

53

1970s

243

1980s

192

1990s

134

2000s

56

2010s

20

2020s

Physical Scale Distribution

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2039	56.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1447	40.4%
Large (1–3 m)	89	2.5%
Monumental (> 3 m)	7	0.2%

Artist Birth Cohorts

2

1825–1849

27

1850–1874

140

1875–1899

99

1900–1924

129

1925–1949

57

1950–1974

4

1975–1999

Gender of Artists Working in Woodcut

Male — 426
Female — 67

On View Now

15 Woodcut works currently installed in Met galleries