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{{Short description|American illustrator}}
'''Barry Moser''' (born 1940) is an artist, known as a [[printmaker]] and illustrator of numerous works of literature. He is also the owner, operator, and proprietor of [[Pennyroyal Press]].
{{Infobox person
| name = Barry Moser
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1940}}
| birth_place = [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], U.S.
| education = Baylor School, Auburn University, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Massachusetts Amherst
| occupation = illustrator, printmaker, educator, printing press owner
}}
'''Barry Moser''' (born 1940)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Davison|first1=Carol Margaret|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5I9yDwAAQBAJ|title=Global Frankenstein|last2=Mulvey-Roberts|first2=Marie|date=2018-10-15|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-78142-6|pages=238|language=en}}</ref> is an American visual artist and educator, known as a [[printmaker]] specializing in wood engravings, and an illustrator of numerous works of literature.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Olswanger|first=Anna|date=1999|title=A Conversation with Barry Moser|url=https://www.underdown.org/moser.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-09|website=www.underdown.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000303130316/http://www.underdown.org:80/moser.htm |archive-date=2000-03-03 }}</ref> He is also the owner and operator of the Pennyroyal Press, an engraving and small book publisher founded in 1970.<ref name=":0" />


==Early life and education==
==Biography==
Born in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], in 1940, Moser studied at the [[Baylor School]], [[Auburn University]], and the [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Moccasin|date=1962|publisher=University of Chattanooga|location=Chattanooga, Tennessee|page=159|url=http://digital-collections.library.utc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16877coll3/id/6830|accessdate=2014}}</ref> and did graduate work at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]. He studied with [[Leonard Baskin]].<ref>Melville, Herman, ''Moby Dick, or The Whale'', University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 1981</ref>
Moser was born in 1940 in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Wolf|first=Lucia Alma|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PXtIEAAAQBAJ|title=The Unexpected Dante: Perspectives on the Divine Comedy|date=2021-12-01|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-1-68448-357-0|pages=45|language=}}</ref> Moser studied at the [[Baylor School]], [[Auburn University]], and the [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Moccasin|date=1962|publisher=University of Chattanooga|location=Chattanooga, Tennessee|page=159|url=http://digital-collections.library.utc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16877coll3/id/6830|accessdate=18 December 2014}}</ref> and did graduate work at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]. He studied printmaking with [[Leonard Baskin]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wang|first=Jacqueline|date=May 4, 2021|title=Moser: Engraving Stories and Faith|url=https://www.thejustice.org/article/2021/05/moser-engraving-stories-and-faith|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-09|website=The Justice|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504132121/https://www.thejustice.org/article/2021/05/moser-engraving-stories-and-faith |archive-date=2021-05-04 }}</ref><ref>Melville, Herman, ''Moby Dick, or The Whale'', University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 1981</ref>


== Career ==
Some of his most celebrated work has been his illustrations for [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'', each of which consisted of more than a hundred prints, and the former of which won him [[American Book Award]] for design and illustration in 1982. He has illustrated nearly 200 other works as well, including ''[[The Bible]]'', ''[[A River Runs Through It (novel)|A River Runs Through It]]'', and ''[[Moby-Dick]]''. He has been on the faculty of the Department of Illustration Studies at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]], for many years he was on the faculty of the [[Williston Northampton School]] and is currently Professor in Residence and Printer to the College at [[Smith College]].
Moser is known for his illustrations for [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'', each of which consisted of more than a hundred prints, and the former of which won him the [[National Book Award]] for design and illustration in 1983.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nichols|first=Catherine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vPPUBAAAQBAJ|title=Alice's Wonderland: A Visual Journey Through Lewis Carroll's Mad, Mad World|date=2014-11-18|publisher=Race Point Publishing|isbn=978-1-937994-97-6|pages=30|language=en}}</ref> He has illustrated nearly 300 other works as well, including portions of the [[Time Life]] book series ''[[The Enchanted World]]'', ''[[A River Runs Through It (novel)|A River Runs Through It]]'', and ''[[Moby-Dick]]''. He published his own illustrated Bible edition,<ref name=":1" /> and he illustrated the [[Allen Mandelbaum]] translation of [[Dante]]'s ''Inferno'', published in 1980 as ''Inferno: First Book of the Divine Comedy''.


He has been on the faculty of the Department of Illustration Studies at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] and was also on the faculty of the [[Williston Northampton School]] for many years. He is Professor in Residence and Printer to the College at [[Smith College]]. Barry Moser also teaches Life Drawing at the Glen East Workshop, held in summers in the [[Pioneer Valley]] of [[Massachusetts]].
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His works have been displayed in such places as the [[British Museum]], the [[Metropolitan Museum]], [[Harvard]], and the [[Library of Congress]].


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His works have been displayed in such places as the [[British Museum]], the [[Metropolitan Museum]], [[Harvard University]], and the [[Library of Congress]].
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In 2007 the Smithsonian Art Collectors Program commissioned Moser to create a print for their Small Treasures series, the sales of which benefit educational and cultural programs through the Smithsonian Associates. The resulting relief engraving, ''[[An Old Chestnut]]'' is on display in the [[S. Dillon Ripley Center]] in the [[National Mall]].


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In 2007 the Smithsonian Art Collectors Program commissioned Moser to create a print for their Small Treasures series, the sales of which benefit educational and cultural programs through the Smithsonian Associates. The resulting relief engraving, ''An Old Chestnut'' is on display in the [[S. Dillon Ripley Center]] in the [[National Mall]].
Barry Moser also teaches Life Drawing at the Glen East Workshop, held every summer at [[Pioneer Valley]], MA.


==Further reading==
==Bibliography==
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* [[Simon Brett]], '[[Abigail Rorer & Barry Moser]]', in ''Parenthesis''; 21 (2011 Autumn), p.&nbsp;15-17
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* Barry Moser, ''[[Wood Engraving: the Art of Wood Engraving & Relief Engraving]]'' (2006. [[David Godine]])


==Bibliography==
=== Art books ===
* {{Cite book|title=The Mother Goose Collection|publisher=Serigrafica|others=[[Maurice Sendak]] (illustrator), Barry Moser (illustrator), Seymour Chwast (illustrator), Daniel Pelvin (illustrator), Guy Billout (illustrator), [[Chris Van Allsburg]] (illustrator)|year=1990|location=New York City, NY|type=silkscreen art book, limited edition, 300 copies}}<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mother Goose Collection...|url=https://poormansbooks.secure-chrislands.com/product/57035/THE-MOTHER-GOOSE-COLLECTION-OF-SIX-LIMITED-EDITION-PRINTS-34MOTHER-GOOSE34--MAURICE-SENDAK-34TARTS34--BARRY-MOSER-34AROUND-THE-GREEN-GRAVEL34--CHRIS-VAN-ALLSBURG-34THE-KILKENNY-CATS34--SEYMOUR-CHWAST-34THE-CAT-AND-THE-FIDDLE34--DANIEL-PELVIN-Maurice-Sendak-Et-Al|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213080154/https://poormansbooks.secure-chrislands.com/product/57035/THE-MOTHER-GOOSE-COLLECTION-OF-SIX-LIMITED-EDITION-PRINTS-34MOTHER-GOOSE34--MAURICE-SENDAK-34TARTS34--BARRY-MOSER-34AROUND-THE-GREEN-GRAVEL34--CHRIS-VAN-ALLSBURG-34THE-KILKENNY-CATS34--SEYMOUR-CHWAST-34THE-CAT-AND-THE-FIDDLE34--DANIEL-PELVIN-Maurice-Sendak-Et-Al|archive-date=2019-12-13|access-date=2018-01-18|website=Poormansbooks.com}}</ref>
* ''[[The Mother Goose Collection]]'' (1985)<ref>http://www.poormansbooks.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=57035</ref>

* ''[[In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World]]'' (1988)
=== Children's books ===
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* ''[[A River Runs Through It (novel)|A River Runs Through It]]'' (1989)
*{{Cite book|last=Hamilton|first=Virginia|title=In the Beginning: Creation Stories From Around the World|publisher=Harcourt Brace|others=Barry Moser (illustrator)|year=1988|isbn=9780152387426|location=New York City, NY|author-link=Virginia Esther Hamilton}}
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* ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear]]'' (1990)
*{{Cite book|last=Kesey|first=Ken|title=Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear|publisher=Viking Juvenile|others=Barry Moser (illustrator)|year=1990|isbn=978-0670811366|author-link=Ken Kesey}}<ref name=":2" />
* ''[[And Still the Turtle Watched]]'' (1991)
* ''[[And Still the Turtle Watched]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Polly Vaughn: A Traditional British Ballad]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Polly Vaughn: A Traditional British Ballad]]'' (1992)
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* ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1992)
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* ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Speak!: Children's Book Illustrators Brag about their Dogs]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Speak!: Children's Book Illustrators Brag about their Dogs]]'' (1993)
* ''[[The Farm Summer 1942]]'' (1994)
* ''[[The Farm Summer 1942]]'' (1994)
* ''[[I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat]]'' (1994)
* ''[[I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat]]'' (1994)
*{{Cite book|last=Vaughan|first=Marcia|title=Whistling Dixie|publisher=Harpercollins Childrens Books|others=Barry Moser (illustrator)|year=1995|isbn=978-0060210304}}<ref name=":2" />
* ''The Pageant'' (1995)
* ''The Pageant'' (1995)
* ''[[Our New Puppy]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Our New Puppy]]'' (1996)
*{{Cite book|last=Hamilton|first=Virginia|title=When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing|publisher=Blue Sky Press|others=Barry Moser (illustrator)|year=1996|isbn=9780590473729}}<ref name=":2" />
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* ''[[First Love: A Gothic Tale]]'' (1996)
* {{Cite book|last1=Parks|first1=Van Dyke|title=Jump, Again! The Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit|last2=Harris|first2=Joel Chandler|publisher=Harcourt Childrens Books|others=Barry Moser (illustrator)|year=1997|isbn=978-0152015596|author-link=Van Dyke Parks}}<ref name=":2" />
* ''[[A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa]]'' (1997)
*''[[A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa]]'' (1997)
* ''Dippers'' (1997)
* ''Dippers'' (1997)
* ''[[Great Ghost Stories]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Great Ghost Stories]]'' (1998)
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* ''Cat Talk'' (2013)
* ''Cat Talk'' (2013)
* ''[[We Were Brothers]]'' (2015)
* ''[[We Were Brothers]]'' (2015)

=== Novels, fairy tales ===

* ''[[Frankenstein]]'' (1984)
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* ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' (1989)
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* ''[[A River Runs Through It (novel)|A River Runs Through It]]'' (1989)
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* ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1992)
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* ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1992)
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* ''[[First Love: A Gothic Tale]]'' (1996)


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
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* [[Simon Brett]], 'Abigail Rorer & Barry Moser', in ''Parenthesis''; 21 (Autumn 2011), pg 15-17
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* Moser, Barry, ''Wood Engraving: the Art of Wood Engraving & Relief Engraving'' (2006) {{ISBN| 1567922791}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.moser-pennyroyal.com/moser-pennyroyal/Publications.html Barry Moser and his own Pennyroyal Press]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101008124428/http://www.moser-pennyroyal.com/moser-pennyroyal/Publications.html Barry Moser and his own Pennyroyal Press]
* [http://www.underdown.org/moser.htm 1999 Underdown.org interview]
* [http://www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Moser/Barry_Moser_gallery.html Gallery of various work]
*[http://thecareercookbook.com/article.php?article_id=29 The Career Cookbook Barry Moser Profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716052414/https://residentassociates.org/ArtCollectors/gallery.aspx?index=615&artwork=216099 Barry Moser's ''An Old Chestnut'', Smithsonian Art Collectors Program]
*[http://findingaids.library.utc.edu/repositories/2/resources/182 Barry Moser etchings, engravings, and papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]
*[http://findingaids.library.utc.edu/repositories/2/resources/182 Barry Moser etchings, engravings, and papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]
*[http://ead.dartmouth.edu/html/ml39.html The Papers of Barry Moser at the Dartmouth College Library]
*[http://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/repositories/2/resources/262 The Papers of Barry Moser] at Dartmouth College Library
*[https://findingaids.smith.edu/repositories/3/resources/1350 Pennyroyal Press records] at the [[Mortimer Rare Book Collection]], Smith College Special Collections
* {{LCAuth|n81053810|Barry Moser|144|}}
* {{LCAuth|n81053810|Barry Moser|144|}}


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Latest revision as of 02:03, 13 September 2024

Barry Moser
Born1940 (age 84–85)
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
EducationBaylor School, Auburn University, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Occupation(s)illustrator, printmaker, educator, printing press owner

Barry Moser (born 1940)[1] is an American visual artist and educator, known as a printmaker specializing in wood engravings, and an illustrator of numerous works of literature.[2] He is also the owner and operator of the Pennyroyal Press, an engraving and small book publisher founded in 1970.[1]

Early life and education

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Moser was born in 1940 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[3] Moser studied at the Baylor School, Auburn University, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga,[4] and did graduate work at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He studied printmaking with Leonard Baskin.[5][6]

Career

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Moser is known for his illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, each of which consisted of more than a hundred prints, and the former of which won him the National Book Award for design and illustration in 1983.[7] He has illustrated nearly 300 other works as well, including portions of the Time Life book series The Enchanted World, A River Runs Through It, and Moby-Dick. He published his own illustrated Bible edition,[3] and he illustrated the Allen Mandelbaum translation of Dante's Inferno, published in 1980 as Inferno: First Book of the Divine Comedy.

He has been on the faculty of the Department of Illustration Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design and was also on the faculty of the Williston Northampton School for many years. He is Professor in Residence and Printer to the College at Smith College. Barry Moser also teaches Life Drawing at the Glen East Workshop, held in summers in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts.

His works have been displayed in such places as the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, Harvard University, and the Library of Congress.

In 2007 the Smithsonian Art Collectors Program commissioned Moser to create a print for their Small Treasures series, the sales of which benefit educational and cultural programs through the Smithsonian Associates. The resulting relief engraving, An Old Chestnut is on display in the S. Dillon Ripley Center in the National Mall.

Bibliography

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Art books

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  • The Mother Goose Collection (silkscreen art book, limited edition, 300 copies). Maurice Sendak (illustrator), Barry Moser (illustrator), Seymour Chwast (illustrator), Daniel Pelvin (illustrator), Guy Billout (illustrator), Chris Van Allsburg (illustrator). New York City, NY: Serigrafica. 1990.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[8]

Children's books

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Novels, fairy tales

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References

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  1. ^ a b Davison, Carol Margaret; Mulvey-Roberts, Marie (2018-10-15). Global Frankenstein. Springer. p. 238. ISBN 978-3-319-78142-6.
  2. ^ a b c d e Olswanger, Anna (1999). "A Conversation with Barry Moser". www.underdown.org. Archived from the original on 2000-03-03. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  3. ^ a b Wolf, Lucia Alma (2021-12-01). The Unexpected Dante: Perspectives on the Divine Comedy. Rutgers University Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-68448-357-0.
  4. ^ Moccasin. Chattanooga, Tennessee: University of Chattanooga. 1962. p. 159. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  5. ^ Wang, Jacqueline (May 4, 2021). "Moser: Engraving Stories and Faith". The Justice. Archived from the original on 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  6. ^ Melville, Herman, Moby Dick, or The Whale, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 1981
  7. ^ Nichols, Catherine (2014-11-18). Alice's Wonderland: A Visual Journey Through Lewis Carroll's Mad, Mad World. Race Point Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-937994-97-6.
  8. ^ "The Mother Goose Collection..." Poormansbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2018-01-18.

Further reading

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  • Simon Brett, 'Abigail Rorer & Barry Moser', in Parenthesis; 21 (Autumn 2011), pg 15-17
  • Moser, Barry, Wood Engraving: the Art of Wood Engraving & Relief Engraving (2006) ISBN 1567922791
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