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drypoint
drypoint an intaglio printing process in which the lines are scratched directly into a metal plate with a needle; also, the print made from such a plate. Although it is often used in combination with etching , no acid is used for the drypoint. It differs from engraving in the type of tool empl... Read more
Paul César Helleu
Paul César Helleu , 1859-1927, French drypoint etcher and painter. He is best known for his drypoint studies and portraits of fashionable women, which have the spontaneity of rapid sketches. His nearly 1,500 drypoints were often printed in two or more colors. An example of his painting, The ... Read more
Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Sir Francis Seymour Haden , 1818-1910, English etcher, writer, and surgeon. He was a successful practicing surgeon in London (1847-87) and founded there a hospital for the treatment of incurable diseases, but is better known as an etcher and an authority on etching. He did much to familiarize the pu... Read more
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt , 1844-1926, American figure painter and etcher, b. Pittsburgh. Most of her life was spent in France, where she was greatly influenced by her great French contemporaries, particularly Manet and Degas, whose friendship and esteem she enjoyed. She allied herself with the impressionists ea... Read more
engraving
engraving in its broadest sense, the art of cutting lines in metal, wood, or other material either for decoration or for reproduction through printing . In its narrowest sense, it is an intaglio printing process in which the lines are cut in a metal plate with a graver, or burin. Furrows are cle... Read more
etching
etching the art of engraving with acid on metal; also the print taken from the metal plate so engraved. In hard-ground etching the plate, usually of copper or zinc, is given a thin coating or ground of acid-resistant resin. This is sometimes smoked so that lines scratched through the resin will b... Read more
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , 1864-1901, French painter and lithographer, b. Albi. Son of a wealthy nobleman, Lautrec fell and broke both legs when he was a child. His permanently stunted growth has traditionally been seen as the result of this accident, but more recently doctors have theorized that i... Read more

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drypoint
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition drypoint an intaglio printing process in which...with etching , no acid is used for the drypoint. It differs from engraving in the type...consequent shallowness of the line. In drypoint the burr raised by the needle is usually...
Engraving and Etching
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...plate with a needle, a technique called drypoint. A needle causes ridges of metal to...the ridges wear down rapidly, making drypoint unsuitable to large press runs. In engraving...water. Sometimes called Dutch KEY TERMS Drypoint — Technique in which a plate...
Paul César Helleu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Paul César Helleu , 1859-1927, French drypoint etcher and painter. He is best known for his drypoint studies and portraits of fashionable women, which have the spontaneity of rapid sketches. His nearly 1,500 drypoints were often...
etching
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...drawing. Aquatint is often combined with hard-ground etching, as is also drypoint . This latter technique is not true etching, as no acid is employed; drypoint produces a finer line than does aquatint. Pictorial etching evolved gradually...
David Brown Milne
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...limited and line increasingly important. Open space took on a more active role. This tendency also appeared in the color drypoint etchings he produced from 1922 on, and one may perhaps see in this fastidious medium the source of his sensitive painting...
Cassatt, Mary
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Cassatt, Mary (1845–1926) French painter and printmaker, b. USA. She was influenced by Degas and impressionism . Her finest paintings include The Bath (1892). She also made many fine drypoint and aquatint studies of domestic life.
graphic arts
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition graphic arts see aquatint ; drawing ; drypoint ; engraving ; etching ; illustration ; linoleum block printing ; lithography ; mezzotint ; niello ; pastel ; poster ; silk-screen printing ; silhouette ; silverpoint ; sketch ; stencil ; woodcut and wood engraving .
engraving
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...made possible a large number of proofs, but it was superseded by photomechanical processes (see photoengraving ). See also drypoint , etching , and mezzotint . Bibliography: See A. M. Hind, History of Engraving and Etching (1923, repr. 1963); A...

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drypoint
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art drypoint. A printmaking method in which the design...when the plate is wiped, giving to the drypoint line its characteristic rich and velvety...variation in pressure of the artist's hand. Drypoint is therefore a more spontaneous and personal...
etching
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...combined with other processes, particularly drypoint ; by this means additional work may be...without re-laying the ground, and the drypoint lines also provide a convenient method...medium of etching alone. Later he added drypoint to the etched lines, and finally he...
burr
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...the metal plate by the cutting tool (in line engraving or drypoint ) and also to the overall sandpaper-like roughening of the...maximum sharpness is required, the burr is removed, but in drypoint it is allowed to remain because the soft, velvety quality...
print
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...which the design is engraved on the metal plate with a burin ; drypoint , where the lines are drawn by scratching the plate with a...Rembrandt , for example, frequently combined etching and drypoint.(c) Planographic Methods . In these the design is neither...
Dix, Otto
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...strength with his great achievements of the 1920s. Dix made prints in a variety of techniques—woodcut, etching, drypoint, lithography—and has been described as ‘together with Beckmann … the dominant figure in the...
Bone, Sir Muirhead
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Bone, Sir Muirhead (1876–1953). British draughtsman, printmaker (drypoint was his favourite medium), and occasional painter, mainly of architectural subjects. He studied architecture and painting in...
Cassatt, Mary
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...an outstanding pastellist and printmaker, her finest prints being in colour and in a combination of techniques (aquatint, drypoint, etching). Their bold flattened forms and unconventional viewpoints were influenced by an exhibition of Japanese prints...
mezzotint
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...the few eminent artists to make original creative use of the medium rather than reproducing someone else's designs. Like drypoint , mezzotint yields only a small number of good impressions before the burr wears down. The technique virtually died out in...

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Etching or drypoint?(ART)(Alfred Hutty )
Magazine article from: Antiques Roadshow Insider; 11/1/2006; 700+ words ; ...preferred a type of etching known as drypoint. In standard etching, the artist...clean, and pressed against paper. In drypoint there is no ground or acid; the artist...topped out at between 75 and 100 copies. Drypoint lines have been described as soft, animated...
The new collector: of etching and Edward Hopper.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...state when describing a print for sale. Drypoint To darken and intensify certain lines...augment passages of an etched plate in drypoint, cutting directly into the metal instead...acid bath. As the artist draws with the drypoint needle, it throws up a little ridge...
A NEW SPIN CDs as printing plates.
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...unique printing project that incorporated drypoint etching on old, recycled compact discs...decided to try using this medium to do drypoint prints with our class." Matt has his...and thought that they would make a good drypoint surface. I was attracted to the idea...
A guide to popular printing methods: education is often your best asset in making sales and keeping customers returning to your shop. Here, we continue our series on printmaking methods with a look at some of the work being done at Pace Prints in New York City. (Part 2).
Magazine article from: Art Business News; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...explained Noblet. But, he added, they also allow for magnificent results in tone. DRYPOINT The first recorded use of drypoint engraving occurred in 1465. Drypoint differs from etching primarily in that it does not involve acids. Artists use a...
Cutting the cost of dryer air ...(Compressed Air Systems)
Magazine article from: What's New In Industry; 2/1/2004; 554 words ; Second generation of Drypoint AV adsorption compressed air dryers...downstream of the dryer. In this new Drypoint, the valve technology is advanced...leaks, says Beko. Ducting in the Drypoint is in a straight line, avoiding unnecessary...
Prints leave good impression
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/6/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...intaglio, which includes such techniques as drypoint, etching, aquatint and mezzotint...onto the paper. An excellent use of drypoint and etching can be seen in Whistler...Whistler's later work, "San Biagio," a drypoint of a Venetian canal, shows even greater...
Art; Milton Avery's Fine Lines
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...It includes eight sketchbooks and 67 drypoint etchings, woodcuts and other works on...engaged Avery as a sideline for 20 years, drypoint etching involves scratching lines into...line. We can see this in the intimate drypoint images that resulted from that first...
Inking differently
Newspaper article from: The Press; 4/16/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...printmaker who works mainly in the medium of drypoint -- a technique of intaglio engraving...cheaper. "I am strongly attracted to drypoint because it is a very immediate process...paper is put through the press. Her drypoint work focuses on a series called Twelve...
The serious side of Whistler.(Arts)(Art)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/9/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...oil portrait. This one is a wonderful drypoint of her gazing sadly out at the viewer...the technically exacting print media of drypoint and etching. His prints often are as...was a favorite of Whistler, and in the drypoint "Elinor Leyland" he placed her center...
Lovis Corinth exhibit pays homage to the late German master. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 9/13/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...into printmaking started in 1891 with drypoint drawing, and later with lithography...for German art.'' Some of his early drypoint works on view are among the most beautiful...Sunken anger and disgust pervade a drypoint self-portrait of him next to his easel...