Five Beautiful Things

 

Agnes Miller-Parker

You may not know her name, but the wood-block prints of Agnes Miller-Parker (1895 -1980) are among the most beautiful examples of the 20th Century. (Female print makers do not often hold the gaze of art historians, which is why many of them are not very well known.) Miller-Parker was born in Britain and studied at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. In 1926 she began to publish her first editorial prints in journals and magazines and by the early 1930s she was illustrating books, such as The Fables of Esope and Welsh Gypsy Folk Tales. I’m really dazzled by the intricacy and liveliness of her work. There is also something intangibly ‘Beekman’ about her style. Below are five of her beautiful prints.