Printmaking Artist research

• ·      Erich Heckel is a German expressionist (1833, 1944) and Gabriele Munter (1877, 1962) is credited for producing the first Lino prints.
• ·       The 1^st Lino prints appeared in the UK in the 1912.
• ·      Russian Constructivist were using it by 1913
• ·      Picasso where producing them in 1936 and continued doing them in the early 1960s
• ·      Matisse also made Linocuts and in recent times Namibian John Ndevasia Muafangelo has produce Lino prints. 
• ·      Historically they where using Woodcuts and Wood engraving but recently we have been using plastic and Metal. This is using copper plats the lines and tone are etch in strong acid etching ground is use to draw lines through.

 

  

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