With the grain: the woodcuts of Ren� Quillivic
The sculptor and wood engraver Ren� Quillivic (1879-1969) was born into a humble family in the village of Plouhinec in the department of Finist�re in Brittany. He attended the night classes at the �cole Boulle in Paris, studying sculpture under Marius Jean Antonin Merci�. Although he exhibited at various Paris Salons - des Artistes Fran�ais, de la Soci�t� Nationale des Beaux-Arts, des Ind�pendants, d'Automne - the art of Ren� Quillivic remained rooted in his native Brittany. He left his heart-rending mark on its landscape in the form of many war memorials to the fallen of the First World War. Many of these are in the Pays Bigouden, the area of Finist�re made famous by P�r-Jakez Helias in his marvellous book The Horse of Pride . Ren� Quillivic, Marine bretonne Woodcut, 1922 Besides his sculptures, Ren� Quillivic was noted for his woodcuts. He exhibited his prints in both Paris and London, and was a member of the Soci�t� de la Gravure sur Bois Originale. As a sculptor, Quillivic pref