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Printing press from 1811, photographed in Munich, Germany. A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring an image. The systems involved were first assembled in Germany by the goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century. [101]
Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, ... The mezzotint printmaking method was invented by Ludwig von Siegen (1609–1680 ...
1962 – Los Angeles Printmaking Society was founded by artists Connor Everts and Paul Darrow. LAPS is a national nonprofit for the encouragement and advancement of printmaking. [73] [74] 1963 (−1968) – Chiron Press founded by artist Steve Poleskie. It was the first print atelier in the greater New York area to do professional screen ...
William Blake En, Et (Relief etching, which he invented) Charles Bretherton Et (caricatures) James Bretherton Et (caricatures) Thomas Cheesman Et, St, Me, Aq (portraits) Joseph Collyer En (reproductive) Isaac Cruikshank Et, Aq (caricatures) Robert Cruikshank Et, en, Aq (caricatures) Richard Dighton Et, Aq (caricatures)
The oldest technique is woodcut, or woodblock printing, which was invented as a method for printing on cloth in China. This had reached Europe via the Islamic world before 1300, as a method of printing patterns on textiles.
Portrait of Amelie Elisabeth von Hessen, the first known mezzotint, by Ludwig von Siegen, 1642. Ludwig von Siegen (c. March 1609 Cologne – c. 1680 Wolfenbüttel, Germany) was a German soldier and amateur engraver, who invented the printmaking technique of mezzotint, a printing-process reliant on mechanical pressure used to print more complex engravings than previously possible.
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Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg [a] (c. 1393–1406 – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who invented the movable-type printing press.Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg's invention of the printing press [2] enabled a much faster rate of printing.