Thomas Bewick

Japanese: ビウィック（英語表記）Thomas Bewick

1753‐1828
English illustrator and printmaker, especially a proponent of wood engraving. At the age of 14 he became an apprentice to R. Beilby, an engraver in his hometown of Newcastle. He established his fame with his illustrations for Descriptive Description of Quadrupeds (1790) and two volumes of The Atlas of British Birds (1797, 1804). The wood engraving he put to practical use developed as illustrations for newspapers and magazines due to its ability to express minute details that rival those of copperplate engraving, and the ease of printing due to the use of relief printing like movable type. His illustrations of animals and birds are meticulously depicted, even down to the texture of their fur and feathers, and are given a sense of life against the backdrop of trees and bushes.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1753‐1828
イギリスの挿絵画家，版画家，ことに木口木版の普及者。14歳から生地ニューカスルの彫版師R.ベールビーの徒弟となる。《四足獣概説》(1790)，《英国鳥類図誌》2巻(1797,1804)の挿絵で名声を確立した。彼が実用化した木口木版は，銅版画に劣らない細密な表現力と，活字と同じ凸版であることによる印刷の簡便さにより，新聞･雑誌の挿絵として発展した。彼の獣や鳥の挿絵は，毛並みや羽毛の質感まで緻密に描写され，樹木や茂みを背景にして生命感を与えられている。

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