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Engraver (includes
Drypoint
Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate (or "matrix") with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond point. In principle, the method is practically identical to engraving. The ...
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Etcher, Wo =
Mezzotint
Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the '' intaglio'' family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonal ...
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Monotype
Monotyping is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. The surface, or matrix, was historically a copper etching plate, but in contemporary work it can vary from zinc or glass to acrylic glass. The ...
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Aquatint
Aquatint is an intaglio (printmaking), intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching that produces areas of tone rather than lines. For this reason it has mostly been used in conjunction with etching, to give both lines and shaded tone. ...
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Lithography, We =
Wood engraving
Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image or ''matrix'' of images into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and ...
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Screen-printing, St =
Stipple, Di = digital.
Old master print period – c. 1800
15th century
Northern
Italian
16th century Renaissance / mannerist
Austrian
Dutch and Flemish
French
German
Italian
Swiss
17th century
British
Dutch and Flemish
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Other
18th century
British
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Other
19th century
Key to Techniques: En =
Engraver (includes
Drypoint
Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate (or "matrix") with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond point. In principle, the method is practically identical to engraving. The ...
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Etcher, Wo =
Woodcut
Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas tha ...
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Mezzotint
Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the '' intaglio'' family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonal ...
, Mo =
Monotype
Monotyping is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. The surface, or matrix, was historically a copper etching plate, but in contemporary work it can vary from zinc or glass to acrylic glass. The ...
, Aq =
Aquatint
Aquatint is an intaglio (printmaking), intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching that produces areas of tone rather than lines. For this reason it has mostly been used in conjunction with etching, to give both lines and shaded tone. ...
, Li =
Lithography, We =
Wood engraving
Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image or ''matrix'' of images into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and ...
, Sc =
Screen-printing, St =
Stipple, Di = digital
The Americas
United States of America
Mexico
Europe
Austrian
Dutch and Belgian
British
French
German
Italian
Swiss
Swedish
Australia
Others
20th century, 1900 to c. 1960
The Americas
United States of America
Latin American
Europe
British
Dutch and Belgian
French
German
Greek
Swedish
Hungarian
Spanish
Italian
Other European
Australasian
Asia and Africa
Indian
Active and contemporary, from c. 1960 to present
The Americas
United States of America
Canadian
Argentina
Europe
British
Czechoslovakian
Dutch and Flemish
German
Swedish
Hungarian
Russian
Other European
Australasian
Asia
Indian
Other Middle East, Asia
Australia
Australian
New Zealand
See also
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Master printmaker Master printmakers or master printers are specialized technicians who hand-print editions of an artist's or printmaker's print-based artwork. Master printmakers often own and/or operate their own printmaking studio or print shop. Business activities ...
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