History of Printmaking Corrected Printmaking Techniques Type Woodcut





















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History of Printmaking Corrected
• Printmaking Techniques: Type Woodcut Intaglio Process Draw design, cut away, leave what you want to ink Incisions made by etching, usually into a copper plate Durer Rembrandt van Durer Rijn, Winslow Homer Artists Copper plate Lithography etch Plate covered in Drawing on wax, carved polished stone into with a needle to expose copper, put into acid bath, remove wax resin, and print Will Barnet, etc. Silkscreen Woven mesh supports an ink blocking stencil, a roller with ink is pressed over the mesh, forcing ink through open areas, like stenciling Andy Warhol
Printmaking began around 100 AD in China, shortly after paper was invented. Writings were rubbed onto the print so that scholars could study their scriptures. This helped Buddhism spread from India to China.
The Diamond Sutra was the earliest woodcut to combine the text with an image. Its considered the earliest known book as well from 868 ad.
The first woodcuts in the Western world were not made until the 15 th Century in Germany, France, and Italy. The earliest images were for playing cards. Clergy also used them for devotional purposes.
Ray, John: “A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs” (1737) Hans Holbein Woodcut From: Simolachri, historie, e figure de la morte. . . Lyone: Appresso Giovan Frellone, 1549.
Flammarion Engraving. Paris 1888, for Flammarion's 1888 L'atmosphère : météorologie populaire (p. 163)
Francisco Goya, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, 1799 Rembrandt van Rijn, Christ Crucified Between Three Thieves, 1653
Albrecht Durer Woodcut 1515. St. Jerome in his Study (1514)
Fly, Woodcut engraving, 1894
Japanese prints by the 19 th century artist Hokusai were discovered in Paris and created a wave of love for Asian culture known as Japonisme. This had a huge influence on modern art. Katsushika Hokusai. multicolor woodblock print, "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" (original was created between 18231829) 36 views of Mount Fuji: Red Fuji. 1830.
Influence Hiroshige Evening Shower at Atake and the Great Bridge. 1857. Vincent Van Gogh
Felix Vallotton
M. C. Escher The First Day of the Creation 1925 woodcut Self-Portrait 1922 woodcut Fireworks 1933 Lithograph The Drowned Cathedral 1929 woodcut Old Olive Tree, Corsica 1934 wood engraving
Don R. Schol "Vietnam Suite: Triage", 2009, woodcut print on rice paper, 11"x 14" "Vietnam Suite: Thoughts of Home", 2009, woodcut print on rice paper, 11"x 14" Vietnam Suite: Extraction", 2009, woodcut print on rice paper, 11"x 14"
Imin Yeh
Max-Karl Winkler "Shaded. Rocks, West Texas" woodcut Portrait of the Artist Without Eye Patch, wood cut 2009
Anne Mc. Laughlin "Inside Out: Beet" woodcut series of "inside out" fruits and veggies.
Margaret Adams Parker Dwayne's Clematis, 2000, 2 -color woodcut handprinted on Okawara edition of 25, 12 x 9 inches "Self Portrait at Work" Woodcut, 2003 Hydrangea 2000, 2 -color woodcut handprinted on Okawara edition of 25, 12 x 9 inches Jerusalem — View of the Old City in Sunlight 2001, 5 -color woodcut handprinted on Sekishu natural edition of 30, 6 x 18 inches Rudbeckia 2000, 2 -color woodcut handprinted on Okawara edition of 25, 9 x 12 inches
History of relief printmaking: • • 1400 -1600: woodcuts - - Ugo da Carpi (1455 -1523) - - Albrecht Dürer (1471 -1528) - - Lucas Cranach (1472 -1553) - - Hans Burgkmair (1473 -1531) - - Hans Baldung Grien (1480 -1545) - - Urs Graf (1485 -1529) - - Domenico Campagnola (1500 -1564) • 1601 -2000: woodcuts of Japan - - Hishikawa Moronobu (1618 -1694) - - Suzuki Harunobu (1724 -1770) - - Kitagawa Utamaro (1753 -1806) • - - Katsushika Hokusai (1760 -1849) - - Hiroshige (1797 -1858) • 1601 -1900: woodcuts of the West - - Gustave Doré (1832 -1883) - - José Guadalupe Posada (1852 -1913) - - Edvard Munch (1863 -1944) - - Félix Vallotton (1865 -1925) 1901 -1950: woodcuts of the West - - Emil Nolde (1867 -1956) - - Käthe Kollwitz (1867 -1945) - - Fritz Bleyl (1880 -1938) - - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 -1938) - - Erich Heckel (1883 -1970) - - Max Beckman (1884 -1950) - - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 -1976) - - Frans Masereel (1889 -1972) - - Erich Buchholz (1891 -1972) - - M C Escher (1898 -1972) - - Werner Drewes (1899 -1985) 1951 -present: woodcuts of the West - - Carroll Thayer Berry(1886 -1978) - - Jacob Pins (1917 -2005) - - Leonard Baskin (1922 -2000) - - Mary Azarian (1940 -) - - Mick Sheldon (1952 -) www. flickr. com/photos/duckmarx/4343248367/
MC Escher - www. mcescher. com/Gallery/gallery-italian. htm