This woodcut by the Japanese printmaker Yoshijiro Urushibara shows the beguinage, a house for lay religious women in Bruges, Belgium.
The work was made from a watercolour by Frank Brangwyn, the British artist who was born in Bruges in 1867.
As a teenager, Brangwyn worked as an apprentice in the studio of William Morris and later became a founder of the William Morris Gallery. Urushibara, who moved to London in 1908, collaborated with Brangwyn on many prints, including two other scenes from the Bruges series that are held by the gallery.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Beguinage, Bruges, c1917
Date supported
2024
Medium and material
Woodcut on paper
Dimensions
58 x 68 cm
Gifted by
Vaughan Roberts
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