Paul Coldwell is an artist, curator, researcher and writer who has worked with and studied woodcuts for more than fifty years. His work has been exhibited in numerous public collections, including the Tate, the V&A, the British Museum, the Musée d'art et d'histoire (Geneva) and MoMA (New York), and since 2001 he has been a Professor in Fine Art Printmaking at the University of the Arts London. He has been a regular contributor to publications including Art in Print, Printmaking Today and Print Quarterly, and he is the author of several books, including Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective.

Paul Coldwell is one of Britain’s most distinguished printmakers . . . in this beautifully illustrated book he sets out to show how the humble woodcut, which uses the simple elements of ink, paper and wood, has forged a central role in the history of art . . . Coldwell has produced a fascinating account of the hidden history of the woodcut . . . There is no doubting his passionate belief in the power of a woodcut to stir primal emotions in artist and viewer alike

Paul Coldwell is an artist, curator, researcher and writer who has worked with and studied woodcuts for more than fifty years. His work has been exhibited in numerous public collections, including the Tate, the V&A, the British Museum, the Musée d'art et d'histoire (Geneva) and MoMA (New York), and since 2001 he has been a Professor in Fine Art Printmaking at the University of the Arts London. He has been a regular contributor to publications including Art in Print, Printmaking Today and Print Quarterly, and he is the author of several books, including Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective.

Paul Coldwell is one of Britain’s most distinguished printmakers . . . in this beautifully illustrated book he sets out to show how the humble woodcut, which uses the simple elements of ink, paper and wood, has forged a central role in the history of art . . . Coldwell has produced a fascinating account of the hidden history of the woodcut . . . There is no doubting his passionate belief in the power of a woodcut to stir primal emotions in artist and viewer alike

Paul Coldwell is an artist, curator, researcher and writer who has worked with and studied woodcuts for more than fifty years. His work has been exhibited in numerous public collections, including the Tate, the V&A, the British Museum, the Musée d'art et d'histoire (Geneva) and MoMA (New York), and since 2001 he has been a Professor in Fine Art Printmaking at the University of the Arts London. He has been a regular contributor to publications including Art in Print, Printmaking Today and Print Quarterly, and he is the author of several books, including Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective.

Paul Coldwell is one of Britain’s most distinguished printmakers . . . in this beautifully illustrated book he sets out to show how the humble woodcut, which uses the simple elements of ink, paper and wood, has forged a central role in the history of art . . . Coldwell has produced a fascinating account of the hidden history of the woodcut . . . There is no doubting his passionate belief in the power of a woodcut to stir primal emotions in artist and viewer alike