Johann Otmar

This artist carved woodcuts in the 1600s, printing scenes of pens, pages, and scholars at work. One sheet shows Pelbart of Temesvár bent over a folio in a walled garden, inkwell balanced on a stone ledge. The lines are crisp, the light flat and even, like sunlight on a book laid open on a bench. Turn the page to find another woodcut where a quill nib hovers over fresh paper.