{"product_id":"9781633913691","title":"Lankes, His Woodcut Bookplates","description":"Julius John Lankes was born in Buffalo, New York in 1884, and became a prolific woodcut print artist, as well as an author and professor. As a child, he enjoyed working with the scraps of wood his father brought home from the lumber mill where he was employed. Lankes had a lifelong interest in art. He first worked in drafting after graduating from Buffalo Commercial and Electro-Mechanical Institute, but then attended art school.\u003cp\u003eLankes was a prolific artist. It is estimated he produced over 1,000 woodcut prints. He worked on many, varied projects, including from a historically important collection of Pennsylvania Dutch barns, graphics in The Liberator, and illustrations to accompany works by Beatrix Potter, Robert Frost and others. In addition to A Woodcut Manual, Lankes enjoyed a long teaching career that ultimately led him to being elected to the National Academy of Design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition is dedicated to Charles Kreiner, an enthusiast for all things Buffalonian.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westphalia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018681663728,"sku":"9781633913691","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781633913691_p0.jpg?v=1763679570","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781633913691","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}