Frans Masereel Research
Frans Masereel (1889–1972) was a Belgian artist and worked in woodcuts. Through images, Masereel is able to create narratives without text. (Fultz, 2017)
He is known for his black and white woodcuts, but he also has color. He worked as a graphic artist for magazines and newspapers. His woodcuts are expressionist and represent a criticism of society. (the Great Cat, s.d.)
He made a "graphic novel", the first being 'De Stad' (1925), which depicts city life in engravings. We can see the style that the artist has, by viewing the book "The City: A Vision in Woodcuts" at the following link: The City: A Vision in Woodcuts - Frans Masereel - Google Livros The images speak for themselves because we can clearly understand what he wants to convey with them. It manages to show the life of the city, showing pollution, people, death, traffic congestion, people's sadness and annoyance, sadness, the disabled, among other scenarios that it presents to us. The dark tone of the pictures helps to emphasize negative emotions. I will try, in my drawings, to darken some lines in order to highlight this negativity. I still wanted to try to highlight the characters at certain times, to highlight the character and what she is feeling. I chose three examples of characters to inspire me and show my drawing that resulted from this influence.
Frans Masereel, Krieg als Tod, 1945, Sale Date: November 29, 2019, Auction Closed
References:
Artnet (s.d.) Frans Masereel [online] available from: Frans Masereel | artnet (accessed 26th January 2021)
Fultz, Tamara (2017) Frans Masereel: The First Woodcut Novelist [online] available from: Frans Masereel: The First Woodcut Novelist | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) (accessed 26th January 2021)
The great Cat (s.d.) Frans Masereel [online] available from: Frans Masereel (1889 – 1972, Flemish) at The Great Cat (accessed 26th January 2021)
The style of your drawing makes me ask the question - who is this project aimed at? Your drawing is quite childlike and when alongside the work of Masereel I go back to another comment I made (on the Metropolis post) that your drawing style would improve with some drawing from life/figures, either drawing yourself or working from photographs . Masereel's drawings, although simplified were the result of learning to draw the figure (to understand proportion, shape, form etc) so his figures had some link to what we see in reality. Once you have done this you will be able to exaggerate specific features.
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