国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 3月15日 19時11分

Prints made by artist Helen West Heller carry strong messages about people and their labors.
An activist during the volatile period of the 1930s, Heller attended the first American Artists’ Congress, Artists Against War and Fascism, in 1936. The group selected this woodcut, “Reforestation,” as one of 100 prints featured in its publication, "America Today,” and circulated it nationwide in a series of exhibitions characterized by socially conscious images that reflected the world outside the artist’s studio.
Over her career, Heller worked in mosaics, oils, and murals, but she is best known for her woodcuts, which feature elaborate textures and patterns. Her artistic credo, as outlined in a letter to Smithsonian curator Jacob Kainen in 1949, focused on composition. “Composition is a science: in its lower levels it is a branch of mathematics, in its exalted uses it is a branch of psychology. Next in importance is powerful line, simple enough to be penetrating, not so simple as to become static.” Follow the link in our bio to learn more about Heller—and see more of her woodcuts—on our blog.
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