140 page catalogue from the retrospective exhibition of Michael Renton’s life and work, held at the Lettering Arts Trust gallery in 2015.
From the forward by John Nash:
Michael Renton … lived the life of the self-contained , solitary workman, disregarding politics, fashion, and (more often than not) electricity, absorbed in doing what W. R. Lethaby termed ‘the well doing of what needs doing’ - which to him meant depicting, whether on wood, stone or paper. He was self-effacing to a great degree and probably rather enjoyed presenting himself to the world as a country bumpkin … But his talents were enormous, and his hands magic. He became supremely accomplished in drawing pen lettering (he wrote a vigorous and beautiful italic hand), printing, sign writing and brush lettering, letter carving and wood engraving, and was a master - perhaps the last - of fine engraved lettering in wood in the tradition of Reynolds Stone and Leo Wyatt.
140 page catalogue from the retrospective exhibition of Michael Renton’s life and work, held at the Lettering Arts Trust gallery in 2015.
From the forward by John Nash:
Michael Renton … lived the life of the self-contained , solitary workman, disregarding politics, fashion, and (more often than not) electricity, absorbed in doing what W. R. Lethaby termed ‘the well doing of what needs doing’ - which to him meant depicting, whether on wood, stone or paper. He was self-effacing to a great degree and probably rather enjoyed presenting himself to the world as a country bumpkin … But his talents were enormous, and his hands magic. He became supremely accomplished in drawing pen lettering (he wrote a vigorous and beautiful italic hand), printing, sign writing and brush lettering, letter carving and wood engraving, and was a master - perhaps the last - of fine engraved lettering in wood in the tradition of Reynolds Stone and Leo Wyatt.
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