Back Gardens, Lisbon (Garrett 20), 1959

with Blond Fine Art

Iain MacNab thought of graphic art as a form of aesthetic abstraction which should maintain its own harmony and movement. He analysed his concept of rhythm as follows: : “If we draw three lines, horizontal, vertical and oblique, of these, the first two will appear static, although the oblique line will give a certain indication of movement; but if we curve this oblique line so that it becomes roughly about a quarter of a circle we find that we have increased its apparent movement, largely owing to the tendency of the eye to run along a curved line. If we repeat parallel lines, we make simple harmony. If we repeat parallel lines in an ordered sequence we create a rhythm.”