Category: Prints and Printmaking
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Rembrandt etching: Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Shepherds, Rembrandt Harmenz van Rijn Etching and drypoint, roughly 6 x 8 inches (15 x 20 cm); in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. There is also a version on Google Art Project. Here we see another example of Rembrandt’s uncanny mastery of the art of etching. His daring composition, in which…
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Toshi Yoshida
Toshi Yoshida was a Japanese woodblock printmaker and the son of renowned printmaker Hiroshi Yoshida. Toshi Yoshida was active in the 20th century and was associated with the sōsaku-hanga (“creative prints”) movement, in which artists carve and print their own blocks — as contrasted with the shin-hanga (“new prints”) movement that continued the traditional practice…
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Eye Candy for Today: Rembrandt portrait etching
Portrait of Abraham Francen, Apothecary; Rembrandt Harmenz. van Rijn Etching and drypoint; roughly 6 x 8 inches (15 x 20 cm); In the collection of the Rijksmuseum. Rembrandt was an absolute master of the medium of etching and drypoint — in my opinion, the greatest in the history of art. He is most noted for…
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Eye Candy for Today: Hiroshi Yoshida spring woodblock print
Spring in a Hot Spring (Onsen no haru), Hiroshi Yoshida Woodblock print, roughly 11 x 16 inches (27 x 40 cm); in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; also on Ukiyo-e Search. With the visual appeal of both a drawing and a painting, Shin-hanga master Hiroshi Yoshida also combines the sensibilities of…
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Stephen Magsig (update)
Maybe it’s because I grew up next to a steel mill in Northern Delaware, or from my current wanderings in and around Philadelphia, but like many who live in the industrial northeast or upper midwest, I find a particular appeal in the industrial landscape of warehouses, factories, refineries, bridges and railways that were created during…