Arts and Crafts Block Prints Note Cards by William S. Rice, 20 Blank Greeting Cards with 4 Different Designs
William Seltzer Rice (1873-1963) was born in Pennsylvania but moved to Northern California in 1900, when the region's Arts & Crafts movement was flowering. A talented and prolific watercolorist, Rice taught at various schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland-a center for the movement. He became devoted to block printing because compared with original watercolors, prints better suited the Arts & Crafts ethos of making artwork available to a wide audience at modest cost. Unlike many printmakers, Rice designed, carved, and printed the blocks all himself. The landscapes of Northern California-from the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific-proved excellent raw materials for his creativity, and his prints today can be found in public and private collections worldwide. Twenty assorted full-color 5 x 7 inch blank note cards (five each of four styles) with envelopes and decorative box.