History of PrintmakingCorrected

Type Woodcut Intaglio Copper plate etch

Lithography Silkscreen

Process Draw design, cut away, leave what you want to ink

Incisions made by etching, usually into a copper plate

Plate covered in wax, carved into with a needle to expose copper, put into acid bath, remove wax resin, and print

Drawing on polished stone

Woven mesh supports an ink blocking stencil, a roller with ink is pressed over the mesh, forcing ink through open areas, like stenciling

ArtistsDurer

Rembrandt van Rijn, Winslow Homer

Durer Will Barnet, etc.

Andy Warhol

•Printmaking Techniques:

Printmaking began around 100AD 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 15th 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 19th 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 1823-1829)

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

Self-Portrait 1922 woodcut

The First Day of the Creation 1925 woodcut

Fireworks 1933 Lithograph

Old Olive Tree, Corsica 1934 wood engravingThe Drowned Cathedral 1929 woodcut

Don R. Schol

"Vietnam Suite: Triage", 2009, woodcut print on rice paper, 11"x14"

"Vietnam Suite: Thoughts of Home", 2009, woodcut print on rice paper, 11"x14"

Vietnam Suite: Extraction", 2009, woodcut print on rice paper, 11"x14"

Imin Yeh

Max-Karl Winkler

"ShadedRocks,West Texas" woodcut Portrait of the Artist Without Eye Patch, wood cut  2009

Anne McLaughlin

"Inside Out: Beet" woodcut series of "inside out" fruits and veggies.

Margaret Adams Parker

"Self Portrait at Work" Woodcut, 2003

Dwayne's Clematis, 2000, 2-color woodcut handprinted on Okawara edition of 25, 12 x 9 inches

Hydrangea2000, 2-color woodcut handprinted on Okawaraedition of 25, 12 x 9 inches

Rudbeckia2000, 2-color woodcut handprinted on Okawaraedition of 25, 9 x 12 inches

Jerusalem — View of the Old City in Sunlight2001, 5-color woodcut handprinted on Sekishu naturaledition of 30, 6 x 18 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-)

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