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• The Enchanted Paris of Eugène Véder

  

  I first came across the work of the etcher Eugène Véder in issue 17 of the art revue Byblis (Spring 1926), which published his etching La rue Saint-Denis. I... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Edouard Daliphard - a Lost Impressionist?

  

  Édouard Daliphard is the opposite of a household name. Until I acquired the etching below, I had never heard of him - and actually it took quite a bit of... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New York Etching Club: The Moran Clan

  

  Today, the best-known figure of the American Painter-Etcher movement is undoubtedly Thomas Moran. Along with his wife Mary Nimmo Moran and brother Peter Moran,... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New York Etching Club: Henry Farrer

  

  Although the first meeting of the New York Etching Club in 1877 was in the studio of J. D. Smillie, the meetings soon moved their regular venue to the studio... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New York Etching Club: R. Swain Gifford

  

  The first meeting of the New York Etching Club was convened on 2 May 1877 at the studio of James David Smillie. About twenty artists were present, half of whom... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• In the Twilight Zone

  

  Mezzotint is a method of creating a tonal intaglio image; the name means "half-tint" in Italian. The French term, manière noire ("black manner") expresses the... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Scratching and Biting: the Art of Armand Coussens

  

  The Provençal painter and printmaker Armand Coussens was born in Saint-Ambroix (Gard) in 1881. He studied at the Beaux-Arts, Nîmes, under Alexis Lahaye. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Two Visions of New York: Walter Pach and Adriaan Lubbers

  

  The contrasting views of New York exhibited in the two prints in this post were made at almost the same time, by two artists who both had reasons to think they... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art Deco Elegance: the Art of Jean-Emile Laboureur

  

  The founder of the group Les Peintres-Graveurs Indépendants, Jean-Émile Laboureur was one of the most successful and influential printmakers of his day, and a... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Two Sides to Every Story: a Copperplate of Charles Meryon

  

  Charles Meryon was born in Batignolles, Paris, on 23 November 1821, and died in the mental hospital at Charenton on 14 February 1868, at the age of just 46. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Japonisme/Europeanisme

  

  In the course of this blog, I often use the word Japonisme, as a way of encapsulating the rejuvenating, electrifying effect that exposure to Japanese art and... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Two Latvian Modernists: Rikovsky and Dannenhirsch

  

  One of the pleasures of the art revue Byblis: Miroir des Arts du Livre et de l'Estampe, of which I now possess a complete run, 1921-1931, is its occasional... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Frederick Francis Foottet: A Forgotten Master

  

  The English Impressionist/Symbolist Frederick Francis Foottet was born in Yorkshire in 1850. Foottet made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1873, and continued... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• With the Grain: the Woodcuts of René Quillivic

  

  The sculptor and wood engraver René Quillivic (1879-1969) was born into a humble family in the village of Plouhinec in the department of Finistère in Brittany. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Etchings by and After Rembrandt Van Rijn

  

  The story of etching in France could be told simply in terms of French etchers' passionate engagement with the work of Rembrandt - as Alison McQueen has... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Process, Materials, and Aesthetics: Woodblocks by Otto Eckmann

  

  Otto Eckmann was one of the most important figures in the Judgendstil (German Art Nouveau) art movement. Born in Hamburg in 1865, Otto Eckmann studied at the... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A New Moon

  

  Despite its harvest theme, I think this ravishing colour etching by Arthur Illies a suitable image for the turn of the year. It was published by the Jugendstil... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2010 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Merry Christmas Every One

  

  Adventures in the Print Trade wishes all its readers a merry Christmas and a peaceful 2011.Hermine David, Angel of the church bellsDrypoint coloured à la poupée... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2010 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Etchers' Guru - Maxime Lalanne

  

  The name of Maxime Lalanne would once have put thrills down the spine of many a keen young etcher - because it was Lalanne's Traité de la gravure à l'eau-forte... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2010 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Homemade Etching

  

  This is the first - and so far as I can tell, the last - etching by the Boston-based marine painter Walter Franklin Lansil. We know exactly how it was... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2010 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE