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Woodcut Engraving of Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony’s Dream in 1517

1717

A fine and substantial engraving by the artist Thomas Oldham Barlow RA RE (1824-1889), after a drawing by the English watercolourist Francis William Topham (1808-1877) entitled 'Maki...

In medieval universities, the trivium comprised the three subjects that were taught first: grammar, logic, and rhetoric. The word is a Latin term meaning "the three ways" or "the thr...

It's early morning I'm St. Louis in this 2002 mezzotint that is signed and numbered Art Werger’s lyrical suburban scenes are evocative of boyhood summer evenings while his city imag...

This image shows a cleric seated in a church sacristy surrounded by religious statues, croziers, various saints, statues and chalices. It is an origina...

An older couple sits on a beach facing the sea as a shooting object streaks through the sky. There is a feeling of connection and contentment conveyed through the imagery. Does the...

Francisco Souto has created his self portrait working on the plate of a mezzotint. This is impression #14 from an edition of only 23. Souto received a BFA from Herron School of Art ...

"Sew What" is a color mezzotint with burin engraving created in an edition of 35. This impression is #6. I love sumptuously designed textiles in both real life and art. Patterns metamorphosing over fabric folds appeal to my interest in modulating rhythmic forms, particularly the swells and swirls of calligraphic stripes. I’m also fascinated by articulated wooden hand models, which appear in many of my paintings. Combining these passions with sewing paraphernalia from my seamstress days provided inspiration for my color mezzotint engraving "Sew What". Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mezzotints she was asked by the renowned print dealer...

4 individual drypoint engravings sold as a grouping that forms the whole. There are only 5 sets. This is #2 of 5. Paper size is 30 x 32 cm. Paper is Grabado, Punta seca. Graduat...

Viewers are always curious about this image. I count 20 people seated -- all men. Why? Three of the men are looking over their shoulders toward the back. Are they impatient to see late arrivers? The seating seems to be pew like. Pasternak, like most artists, wants the viewer to bring their own interpretation to the image and is most circumspect to give an explanation. A church, a union hall, a political meeting -- which is it? The mood seems to be one of anxiety rather than celebration. The artist did answer why all men. He says that "he likes to create the tension of the image on the page. Putting women and men together...

Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes several spirit-like creatures seeming to wander in an unknown landscape He moves images around on the paper to create ...