Stairway

Art Historical Context

Edwin Headley Holgate *Stairway*, created between 1876 and 1900, is a striking woodcut print from the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection. Holgate, a prominent Canadian artist born in 1882, began his career exploring printmaking techniques during this late 19th-century period, bridging traditional European methods with emerging modernist influences. As part of the Department CG-W (Canadian Graphics - Woodcuts), this work exemplifies his early mastery of relief printing, where intricate designs are carved into wood blocks and inked for transfer to paper. Woodcuts like *Stairway* hol...