William S. Rice: Silver Silence Holiday Cards

William S. Rice (American, 1873–1963) Silver Silence, c. 1920 Nothing says holiday joy quite like a warm cabin tucked away in snowy woods. Share a slice of serenity this season with William S. Rice’s stunning block print Silver Silence, featured on these holiday cards.

William S. Rice

William Seltzer Rice (American, 1873–1963) found endless inspiration in nature, creating a vast number of watercolors, drawings, photographs, and prints. He moved to his adopted home of Northern California in 1900, just before the region’s Arts and Crafts movement ignited. A prolific watercolorist, Rice taught at various San Francisco Bay Area schools, including the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland—a center for the movement. He became devoted to block printing for its suitability to the Arts and Crafts ethos of making artwork available to a wide audience at modest cost. Being a skilled craftsman as well as an artist, Rice designed, carved, and printed the blocks all himself. Today his masterful artwork can be found in public and private collections worldwide.