Drawing on the extensive print collection of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, this lecture will trace the technical and aesthetic changes in color printmaking that took place over the course of the 19th century. From early methods of hand coloring engravings to the revival of etching to the explosion of multi-plate chromolithography, developments in printing color transformed the visual landscape of the modern world. These experiments in printmaking were captured by the dynamic works of artists such as Mary Cassatt and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Free program. First come, first served. Seating is limited and unassigned. Doors open 30 minutes before the start of the program.
Image Credit: Paul Signac, À Flessingue (At Flushing, Netherlands), 1895. Color lithograph. 379 x 531 mm (14 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 1963.30.2148
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Free program. First come, first served. Seating is limited and unassigned. Doors open 30 minutes before the start of the program.
Image Credit: Paul Signac, À Flessingue (At Flushing, Netherlands), 1895. Color lithograph. 379 x 531 mm (14 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 1963.30.2148
Drawing on the extensive print collection of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, this lecture will trace the technical and aesthetic changes in color printmaking that took place over the course of the 19th century. From early methods of hand coloring engravings to the revival of etching to the explosion of multi-plate chromolithography, developments in printing color transformed the visual landscape of the modern world. These experiments in printmaking were captured by the dynamic works of artists such as Mary Cassatt and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Free program. First come, first served. Seating is limited and unassigned. Doors open 30 minutes before the start of the program.
Image Credit: Paul Signac, À Flessingue (At Flushing, Netherlands), 1895. Color lithograph. 379 x 531 mm (14 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 1963.30.2148
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Free program. First come, first served. Seating is limited and unassigned. Doors open 30 minutes before the start of the program.
Image Credit: Paul Signac, À Flessingue (At Flushing, Netherlands), 1895. Color lithograph. 379 x 531 mm (14 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 1963.30.2148
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