"Wooden Cross" - Kinojujika

…Since 1908, he had been familiar with the scenery of Saint-Tropez and produced many landscape paintings. In 1919, he produced an illustration for Dorgelès's The Wooden Cross, which sharply evoked the misery of the First World War, drawing on his experience as a soldier in the army. In the same year, he studied etching under Laboureur, and transferred his talent for drawing directly to printmaking, producing many illustrations that make full use of light, skillful lines. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1908年以来サン･トロペの風光に親しみ，多くの風景画を制作した。19年ドルジュレス著の《木の十字架》に，第1次大戦従軍の経験を下に悲惨さを鋭く喚起する挿絵を制作。同年ラブルールにエッチングを学んでから，素描の才をそのまま版画に移し，軽妙な線を駆使した挿絵を多く制作する。…

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