Sail and Steam (1927)
etching
16.5 x 22.9 cm (6.5" x 9")

Philip Kappel (1901-1981)

Yesterday I recovered a book of Philip Kappel's etchings which I thought that I had lost. To celebrate I'm posting one of the etchings.

Whatever Kappel's artistic limitations I have always loved his marine etchings. I'm not quite sure why I love them. It may be because they bring to mind romantic illusions, inspired by literature and art, of sailing, leisure, and travel.

I haven't been able to gather much information on Kappel except that he was a painter, illustrator, printer, writer, and lecturer, and that he was born on February 10, 1901 in Hartford, Connecticut, and died in 1981.