European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The image makers a Short course in Art prints by Bob Hoyer is . Bureau chief Havi you Ever dreamed of owning i Weinbrandt or a Goya or per haps a Duerer if you re thinking about paintings then dream is All you can do unless you happen to be a millionaire several times Over. For oils by the old masters Are Worth hundreds of thousands or even Mil Lions of dollars. Only the wealthiest Pri vate collectors and museums compete when one of these masterpieces changes hands. But it is possible to buy prints by old masters if you re willing to accept a late impression for As Little As $50or $75. The difference is in the , particularly Many from the Early masters May exist in uncounted numbers made either from the original plates or counterfeits. But an Oil is unique unless a counterfeiter has made such a perfect forgery that even experts can t Tell the difference betwee the original and the copy. Artists such As Goya Rembrandt an Duerer did some of their most important work in same May be said for 20th Cen Tury artists. Picasso Braque. Miro Giacometti. Chagall it al., have continued the tradition of Fine . As in the Case of the old masters their prints sell for considerably Les than their paintings a fact which tempts even collectors of modest Means to occasionally splurge on a famous name print while avoiding oils by the same artists. The reason of course is simple mathematics. Fifty copies of a print at $50 each will bring an artist More thana single painting priced at $2,000. De spite the disparity in Price prints reconsidered original works of Art by Many artists and dealers particularly when they have printed in limited num Bers and have had the plates destroyed afterwards. Yet despite the High artistic value of Many their relatively lower costs graphic Art too often is ignored by the Layman who can More easily grasp the technique of the Painter or sculptor. It s not too difficult to picture the artist with pen Hrish or chisel in hand but the printmaker How does he work the truth is he must be a first rate artist before Ever attempting to master the various processes involved in print authority on the subject is Francis Kelly an american Painter and graphic artist living in prints have been seen in numerous exhibitions in Britain and abroad and he has Given a number of lectures on the subject several years ago the works of Kelly and Francisco Goya 17-1g-1828. One of Spain s great artists were featured at a comprehensive exhibition of graphic Art at City Art gallery i eeds idea was to show the methods of an old master and a contemporary printmaker. In both eases tools and plates used by the artists were on Dis play along with prints. Punt Makkos for the most part work on Wood Metal or Stone surfaces. Jehef printing is their oldest method to prox ice a print by this process a Flat surface is Cut away so that the de sired image stands out in cuts and Wood engravings Are i the two Mam branches of this process Francis Kelly works on engraving in his London studio. Monday july 1, 1968 and they Date from the 7th Century printing of textiles in Egypt and China the process of intaglio incised or copperplate printing uses a principle opposite that of Relief printing. The image to be printed is sunk into the printing surface and filled with a Greasy Printer s Ink. There Are four branches of intaglio printing in engraving the design is Cut out a Copper plate by a Sharp tool the plate is wiped clean and the Ink remains on Yin the furrows left by the tool. In dry Point the artist works direct Lyon a Copper plate with a Sharp Needle which leaves two burrs of Copper onion either Side of a scratched line it s tin Ink trapped in the burrs that forms the design. In etching instead of cutting direct into the plate the artist covers tin plate with an acid resistant substance the scratches the design in the coating the plate then is immersed into acid which bites into the plate where the prote me covering has been remove aquatint is a tonal version of etching which uses particles of resin melted Chia Metal plate. When cooled they resist the acid in which the plate is immerse the acid action occurs Between the Par tide s and forms a series of dots when inked and wiped clean these cavities re Tain the Ink this technique most often i combined with engraving and etch of the old masters ova was the most constant and skillful practitioner of aquatint. Among contemporary punt makers in Britain Kelly has become Well known in this medium Utsumi Rapiny is the printing Lei a Nique that has the most in common with drawing. In this process the artist the stars and stripes a Greasy Crayon to draw the design directly on a inc or Stone. The Stone thenis moistened with water and Ink is rolled Over the plate. The Ink adheres Only tothe drawn area because of the natural antipathy of water and Oil. Stencil processes resemble woodcut tin. The artist prepares a screen of paper Metal or cancelling plates against future editions the contemporaries Hope to prevent a glut on the print though he1 works in the tedious and time consuming method of the Nia Ter etchers Kelly limits most of his editions 10 fill prints Phis 10 per cent which Are permitted a. Artists proofs the plates he said would Pribhu substantially Mure than 0 Clear impressions but he said the Long term value of his work should be enhanced by restrict ing the of artists including a number of famous contemporaries print up to r�0 impressions from a single plate and in Page u
