The Dragon Slayer
1880 - 1920
Titled 'De drakendooder' (The Dragon Slayer), this bold woodcut vividly illustrates the legend of St. George battling evil. A knight on a rearing horse thrusts a lance down at a scaly beast, while a maiden watches anxiously from a distant castle. The swirling, organic lines and high-contrast black ink create a chaotic, dreamlike atmosphere typical of the Symbolist movement. The word 'handdruk' at the bottom indicates a hand-pulled print, a labor-intensive technique that allowed artists to mass-produce such dramatic, emotional imagery for books and posters in the late 19th century.
- Technique
- Woodcut
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