Category: Prints and Printmaking
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Eye Candy for Today: Francis Seymour Hayden etching
The Lovers’ Walk, No. 1, Francis Seymour Hayden, etching and drypoint, roughly 9 x 13″ (23 x34 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, look for both download and zoom links under the image. This deceptively simple etching by the British painter and printmaker (active in the late 19th and early 20th…
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Some early work by M.C. Escher
Many people are aware of the graphic work of Dutch printmaker M.C. Escher that bends logic and presents mind-boggling visions of impossible worlds and structures. Fewer have seen many of his earlier works, that are much more straightforward and “possible” (if sometimes fanciful). Here are a few examples. For more images and info, see my…
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Eye Candy for Today: Max Klinger’s At the Gate
At the Gate (Am Thor), Max Klinger; etching and engraving; roughy 18 x 12″ (45 x 31 cm). Link is to the impression the collection of the National Gallery, DC, whih has both a downloadable and zoomable version of the image (and no longer requires an account to download high-res images). There is also a…
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Oscar Droege
Color woodblock prints don’t get as much attention in Europe and the U.S. as they do in Japan, but there are adherents of the art who produce beautiful work. Oscar Droege was a German printmaker and painter active in the early to mid 20th century. His prints are largely of landscapes, but also include ships,…
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Eye Candy for Today: M.C. Escher lithograph: Reptiles
Reptiles, Maurits Cornelis Escher, lithograph, roughly 13 x 15 inches (33 × 38 cm) Link is to an image sourced from this article on the website of WBUR radio, reviewing a 2018 Escher exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Here, we find the ingenious Dutch printmaker M.C. Escher indulging in a number of…