John Buckland-Wright
1897–1954
- Born
- 1897, New Zealand
- Died
- 1954, United Kingdom
- Gender
- Male
- Studio eras
- Studio role
- One of the studio’s known helpers
- Listed in
- Moser Appendix (1977)
Printmaking manuals
- Etching and Engraving: Techniques & Modern Trend (London / New York: Studio Publications, 1953)
Atelier 17 group shows 10
- 1935Le groupe de l’Atelier 17
Galerie Pierre, Paris, France · until May 25, 1935
Notes and sources
Hayter's preface for this exhibition, signed "H.," was located in Swedish translation in the journal Konstrevy (1935) by James Chadwick. It names 22 exhibiting artists and describes the plaster-relief method alongside paper prints.
About the exhibiting artists
The preface, signed "H." (Hayter), lists 22 exhibitors and was published in Swedish in Konstrevy (1935). A review in L'Intransigeant (May 26, 1935) singles out Brignoni, Vieillard, Vulliamy and Catherine Yarrow and names Dalí and Ernst as the group's two influences. Konstrevy gives Buckland Wright's first name as "Frank"; linked here to John Buckland-Wright.
Sources
Stanley William Hayter, letter to Julian Trevelyan, March 7, [1935], TREJ 16_19, Papers of Julian Otto Trevelyan, Trinity College, Cambridge University. In this letter, Hayter describes the show and lists the potential and confirmed exhibitors.
H. [S. W. Hayter], "Le groupe de l'atelier 17," Konstrevy 11 (1935): 155–57.
"Paris Notes," Axis 3 (July 1935): 28.
https://monoskop.org/images/3/34/Axis_3_Jul_1935.pdf"L'Exposition de l'Atelier 17," La Bete Noir, 1 June 1935: 4.
https://rapportgallica.bnf.fr/recherche?query=%28dc.identifier%20all%20%22bpt6k5569781h%22%29%20and%20%28gallica%20adj%20%22%22EXPOSITION%20DE%20L%27ATELIER%2017%22%22%29&aig=2&mb=5&lang=frLa Semaine à Paris, May 17, 1935, 46.
Marguerite Jouve, "Expositions," L'Intransigeant (Paris), May 26, 1935, 4. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7947577
- 1936Le groupe de l’Atelier 17 de Paris
Kunstzaal De Gulden Roos, Maastricht, The Netherlands · May 17 to June 7, 1936
Traveled to
- Kunstzaal “My Home”, The Hague, The Netherlands · July 4 to July 25, 1936
Notes and sources
Sources
Le Groupe de l'Atelier 17 de Paris. Exhibition catalogue. Maastricht: Kunstzaal "De Gulden Roos," 1936.
"Tentoonstelling van gravures van Le Groupe de l'Atelier 17 de Paris" [advertisement], Advertentieblad voor Limburg (Maastricht), May 22, 1936.
- 1937Výstava skupiny pařížských grafiků “Atelier 17”
Spolek Výtvarných Umělců Mánes, Prague, Czechoslovakia · January to February 1937
Notes and sources
Thank you to Katarina Kyselica, Principal at KADS New York, who retrieved this catalogue from the library of the Prague National Gallery. The hosting venue, SVU Manes, was founded in 1887 as an artists association and is still active today.
Sources
Výstava skupiny pařížských grafiků "Atelier 17." Exhibition catalogue. Prague: Spolek výtvarných umělců Mánes, 1937.
- 1937Atelier 17: Exposition de gravures et objets gravés (1936-37)
Galerie aux Quatre Chemins, Paris, France · March 12 to March 31, 1937
Notes and sources
Thank you to Michele Greet for the Beaux-Arts citation.
Sources
Atelier 17: Exposition de gravures et objets gravés (1936–37). Invitation. Paris: Quatre Chemins, 1937. Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, TGA 200515/3/2/1/1–2.
“L’Atelier 17,” Beaux-Arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, April 2, 1937, 6.
- 1939VIIe Exposition de Gravures et Platres Gravés du Groupe de l’Atelier 17
Galerie de Beaune, Paris, France · April 21 to May 5, 1939
Notes and sources
About the exhibiting artists
Kolos-Vari is listed in the catalogue as "Sandor Kolos-Vari" in error; the exhibitor was Sigismond Kolos-Vari. Sandor (Alexandre) Kolozsváry was Sigismond's elder brother, also a printmaker, but he did not work at Atelier 17 (confirmed by Julia Cserba, October 2026). "Werner" is listed without a first name; linked here to Werner von Alvensleben.
Sources
VIIe Exposition de gravures et plâtres gravés du Groupe de l'Atelier 17. Preface by Lucho Vargas. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Galerie de Beaune, 1939.
Charles Théophile, "Les Expositions: Gravures du Groupe de l'Atelier 17," Marianne, May 3, 1939, 15.
- 1939Studio 17: Engravings, Etchings, Plaster Prints
Guggenheim Jeune, London, United Kingdom · June 8 to June 23, 1939
Notes and sources
About the exhibiting artists
Kolos-Vari is listed in the catalogue as "Sigismond Kolos Vari."
Sources
S. W. Hayter's Studio 17: Engravings, Etchings, Plaster Prints. Preface by Herbert Read. Exhibition catalogue. London: Guggenheim Jeune, 1939.
Christina Weyl and James Chadwick, "United in Their Craft: The Stylistic Diversity of Atelier 17's Prewar Artists," in Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector; The Story of Guggenheim Jeune, 1938–1939, ed. Gražina Subelytė and Simon Grant (Venice: Marsilio Arte, 2026), 205–21.
- 1944New Directions in Gravure: Hayter and Studio 17
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York · June 28 to October 8, 1944
Traveled to
- Cincinnati Modern Art Society, Cincinnati, Ohio · December 2 to December 16, 1944
- Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland · January 4 to January 25, 1945
- St. Paul Gallery and School of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota · February 4 to February 25, 1945
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan · March 11 to April 1, 1945
- Art Institute of Zanesville, Zanesville, Ohio · April 14 to May 5, 1945
- San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California · May 29 to June 26, 1945
- Fort Worth Art Association, Fort Worth, Texas · September 1 to September 25, 1945
- Museum of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · November 4 to November 25, 1945
- Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington · January 14 to February 4, 1946
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts · February 18 to March 11, 1946
- Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York · March 25 to April 15, 1946
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York · May 18 to June 8, 1946
- Lyceum y Lawn Tennis Club, Havana, Cuba · November 19 to November 25, 1946
- Instituto Chileno-Norteamericano de Cultura, Santiago de Chile, Chile · April 23 to May 7, 1947
- Galleria Viau, Buenos Aires, Argentina · August 28 to September 13, 1947
Notes and sources
Sources
James Johnson Sweeney, "New Directions in Gravure: Hayter and Studio 17," Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 12, no. 1 (August 1944).
- 1962Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom · June 15 to July 14, 1962
Notes and sources
Sources
Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962 (London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1962).
- 1977Atelier 17: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition
Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin · October 9 to December 4, 1977
Traveled to
- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa · December 16, 1977 to February 26, 1978
- The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York · March 18 to May 14, 1978
- University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan · June 4 to July 30, 1978
- Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois · August 20 to October 1, 1978
Notes and sources
Sources
Moser, Joann. Atelier 17: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition. Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1977.
- 1986Atelier 17
Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, New York · October 25 to November 22, 1986
Notes and sources
Sources
Parker, Barbara. Atelier 17. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Mary Ryan Gallery, 1986.