Cutting Edge: Modernist British Printmaking, Dulwich Picture Gallery review – a cut above

Katherine Waters | the arts desk | 19th June 2019

Print making has been popular for centuries. After WW1, the linocut was briefly all the rage. While not requiring the skill of, say, etching, it was ideal for the bold colourful style of British modernism. Municipal entities used linocuts widely in promotional materials to convey the speed and optimism of the burgeoning metropolis. Sadly, that mood and linocut’s popularity disappeared as peace came to an end. Images are here.