Interior

Fiske Boyd

Fiske Boyd’s early career was spent partially as a member of the Woodstock Artists Colony in New York, where much of the tone of his work was set. Folk art, a major focus of the colony in the early 1920s through the ‘30s, informed his graphically strong blockprints. Coupled with his highly detailed interior scenes, landscapes, and floral motifs, these prints each tell a story.

In this woodcut, published by the American Artists Group in a large edition, Boyd presents a simple, quiet study of a man relaxing in a parlor or library, curtains open to reveal the distant hills and a low stone wall. Sunlight pours into the room, creating a calming, cozy scene. No detail is forgotten by Fiske, down to the vase of flowers, the grain of the wood on the walls, floor, and beam, and the landscape painting mounted over the hearth.