Mabel Alleyne
Mabel Charlotte Alleyne (31 March 1896 – 15 August 1961) was a British
Biography
Alleyne was born in
Her wood engravings and other artistic output
Alleyne exhibited with the Society of Wood Engravers in 1933, 1936 and 1938. Her wood engravings were reproduced in the London Mercury; the September 1933 issue reproduced Night, and the July 1934 issue Flower Study. The 4th edition of Beedham's Wood Engraving (1935) reproduces Autumn Rain.
In 1926 the Saint Loup Press,
She produced a colour dust jacket for
She also produced colour
An overview of Alleyne's work
Mabel Alleyne is a minor figure in the wood engraving revival at the beginning of the twentieth century. She is almost invisible in the literature, and is recorded in the records of the Society of Wood Engravers, and in the credits in the London Mercury, as M. Alleyne rather than Mabel Alleyne.
References
- ^ Joanna Selborne, ‘The Society of Wood Engravers: the early years’ in Craft History 1 (1988), published by Combined Arts.
- ^ The genealogy of the Alleyne family
- ^ Reproductions of two oil paintings by Alleyne