Amos Langdown
Amos Langdown was involved for many years in art education. The influence and guidance of Katrine Harries (1914–1978) is discernible in his work, which always has a firm basis in sound drawing, composition and a graphic quality that is particularly evident in his lithographs. Although influenced by the great French cartoonist, lithographer and draughtsman Honoré Daumier (1808–1879), his own social commentary is invariably infused with a sympathetic insight. His woodcut in the Campbell Smith Collection, Untitled (1964), (plate 175) also shows an awareness of prints made by the German Expressionists with its vigorous cutting, the exploitation of the grain of the wood and the balancing of the black and white areas of the design. Read More…
