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Prints & Printmakers
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Amateur Press Association 
 The website for this nonprofit organization presents lists of resources for amateur journalists, with an emphasis on letterpress printing. Includes links to museums, print shops, local printing groups, writing sites, and graphic arts resources. Also provides examples of amateur journalism and typography information. http://www.aapainfo.org/ Topics: News, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Writing Last updated Jan 12, 2009 The American Print Alliance
The Web site for this nonprofit consortium of printmakers' councils provides exhibits, articles on advocacy and professional practices topics, technical papers, a list of contemporary print collections open for study (in the United States and Canada), and related resources. Some material available only to subscribers. http://www.printalliance.org/ Topics: Last updated Jun 1, 2004 Arthur Szyk: Artist for Freedom, Masterpieces of Illumination
Fifteen annotated images of works from Polish-born Arthur Szyk, "one of America's leading political artists during World War II." From the Library of Congress, Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/szyk/szyk-ex.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Audubon's Birds of America
"Online version of John James Audubon's Birds of America ... from an 1840 'First Octavo Edition' of Audubon's complete seven volume text." Includes Audubon's images and original text descriptions. "Bird species can be found listed alphabetically, or categorized by family. Audubon's drawings of some species' anatomical features are also included in the 'figures' section." The online edition includes a list of species that have become extinct since Audubon's time and a list of state birds. http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/BOA_index.html Topics: Animals, Environment, Regions of the World Last updated May 5, 2005 Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety, and Myth
This exhibit explores Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, "the man behind 'The Scream' and other iconic images of modern anxiety and despair." Features illustrated essays on printmaking techniques (etching, lithography, and woodcut) and exhibit themes such as the street and the femme fatale, selected works from the physical exhibit, a chronology of Munch's life, map of Munch's travels, and recommended readings. From the Art Institute of Chicago. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/Munch/index Topics: Artists Last updated Sep 30, 2009 Braille Bug
A ladybug decorated with Braille cell dots introduces Braille, its inventor, and technologies used to produce Braille. Features a reading club discussion page, suggestions for locating club selections in Braille, games in Braille, and classroom activities. Also features the Helen Keller Kids Museum Online, which outlines Keller's life and works. From the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). http://www.afb.org/braillebug/ Topics: Disabilities Last updated May 6, 2007 Briar Press
This site "is an educational and practical resource for the letterpress printer, the bibliophile, the enthusiast, and the curious." It features a museum with images and information about 180 hand-operated printing presses, almost 400 vintage ornaments and initial capital letters available for download, and a directory of letterpress services and organizations. Also includes a glossary and classified ads. Searchable. http://www.briarpress.org/ Topics: Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Technology Last updated Aug 1, 2007 Cities in the Americas: A Celebration of the Phelps Stokes Collection
"On the American continent, the 19th century was witness to the rapid expansion of boundaries, the growth of existing cities, and the establishment of new urban centers, all copiously recorded by the growing numbers of printmakers active in the United States and its territories. [This exhibition from the New York Public Library] includes examples of 18th-century views of America's founding cities, as well as such dramatic 19th-century formats as the bird's-eye view." http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/cities/ Topics: Maps, U.S. Maps Last updated Jun 10, 2007 Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France
This site is a companion to an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., "celebrating one of the most innovative periods in the history of color printmaking." It presents 15 images of 18th century color prints, primarily replicas of works by painters such as Boucher and Fragonard. http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/colorfulinfo.htm Topics: Last updated Dec 8, 2003 Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop
This companion site to a Library of Congress exhibit explores the life and works of New York City printmaker Robert Blackburn. The exhibit features information about Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, "the oldest and largest non-profit print workshop in the United States," as well as his earlier involvement with the Harlem Community Art Center (sponsored by the Works Progress Administration). Includes images of works by Blackburn and his colleagues. Searchable. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/blackburn/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated May 23, 2004 The David Claypool Johnston Collection
A brief biography and samples of this American artist's satires, drawings, watercolors, portraits, political prints, and other illustrations. Johnston, who worked mainly in Philadelphia and Boston in the 1800s, is best known for "his contribution to the early years of lithography in America" and for his humorous and satirical works on such topics as the militia, temperance, religion, and politics. An online exhibit from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Johnston/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Humor, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Social Issues Last updated Feb 24, 2007 Dox Thrash: An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered
A biographical timeline, images, and information and illustrative examples of various styles of printmaking utilized by Thrash (carborundum mezzotint, carborundum relief etching, aquatint, drypoint, etching, linocut, lithograph, woodcuts). A companion to an exhibit of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this site also features information on conservation methods used in the exhibit. http://www.philamuseum.org/micro_sites/exhibitions/thrash/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People Last updated Apr 23, 2006 An Exhibit From the Trianon Press Archive
Exhibit about Trianon Press, a French publisher "widely regarded as having created the finest facsimiles of works of William Blake, as well as works of other artists such as ... Duchamp and Shahn." Contains a checklist and images of publications, a biography and photos of founder Arnold Fawcus, and information on the collotype and pochoir printing techniques. From Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. http://library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/trianon-press Topics: Art, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Oct 8, 2009 Fact, Fiction and the New World
An exhibit that explores the history of printing and the resulting explosion of ideas for and about the New World. Text is in both English and Spanish. http://www.humanities-interactive.org/newworld/fact_fict/ Topics: Geography, History, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Technology Last updated Dec 25, 2000 The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, and Substance
The Japanese artform Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating, or sorrowful, world") is featured in this online exhibition of prints, books, and drawings from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, from the Library of Congress collections. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/ukiyo-e/ Topics: Art by Region Last updated Dec 27, 2002 The Glory of Chinese Printing
Containing hundreds of images, this extensive exhibit details the significance of printing in China, tracing its development from block printing to the invention of movable wood type, brass plates, and two-color techniques. Available in English and Chinese. The site may load slowly but is worth the wait. http://www.cgan.com/english/english/cpg/indexen.htm Topics: History By Place, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Technology Last updated Oct 24, 2002 The Gutenberg Bible at the Ransom Center
Digital images of the entire Gutenberg Bible, along with illustrated essays on topics such as book publishing before the use of movable type, the spread of printing, and the anatomy of a page of the Gutenberg Bible. The Bible is located at the University of Texas and "is one of only five complete examples in the United States." http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/ Topics: History By Place, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Religion, Technology Last updated Aug 4, 2003 H. Daumier and His Lithographic Work
This site provides information about 19th century French artist Honoré Daumier, including "a detailed biography, a bibliography ... a list of more than 700 Daumier exhibitions," tips for collectors, a list of significant collections, and more. Also features a link to the "Daumier Register," a "digital work catalogue giving detailed information and at least one photograph for each of the 4,000 Daumier lithographs." From two Daumier collectors. http://www.daumier.org Topics: Art, Artists Last updated Aug 9, 2005 Harmonie/Harmony: John James Audubon: The Birds of America
This visually satisfying site presents the 435 illustrations in the first edition of "The Birds of America" (1827-1838), a brief biography of Audubon, and a nice collection of links on Audubon, birds, and poetry. Use the title-sort feature in the index to quickly locate a picture by name, or browse page by page. In French and English. From the Musée de la Civilisation. http://www.mcq.org/audubon/ Topics: Animals, Artists, Birds, Environment, Literary Movements and Periods, Regions of the World Last updated Nov 26, 2003 Honoré Daumier Lithographs
"Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) was a French lithographer, painter, and sculptor who gained widespread fame for his social and political commentary on the monarchy, politicians, and the middle class." The site features a timeline, a slide show of Daumier lithographs, a link to a database with images of thousands of Daumier lithographs, and a bibliography. From Brandeis University Libraries, which holds one of the major collections in the United States of the works of Daumier. http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/daumier/ Topics: Artists, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated May 30, 2006 Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
The "complete electronic facsimile" of the original Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499), attributed to Leon Battista Alberti by Liane Lefaivre and printed by early Renaissance Venetian publisher Aldus Manutius. Includes a synopsis, textual commentary, and information on the typography, woodcuts, and technical innovations of this first edition of a work that "has surprised its readers with its vast knowledge of architecture and landscape and garden design, [and] also engineering, painting and sculpture." From the MIT Press. http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/HP/ Topics: Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Technology Last updated Sep 25, 2002 Kiki Smith: Prints, Books & Things
Contains images of over 130 works by Kiki Smith, "focusing on such topics as anatomy, self-portraiture, nature, and female iconography." Browsable by theme and by medium (including prints, books, and screenprints on fabric). Includes a video clip of the artist making prints, a chronology, essay, and bibliography. Companion to an exhibit of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2003/kikismith/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists Last updated Oct 5, 2009 Kunisada and Kabuki
This online exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints is devoted to depictions of Kabuki actors by the artist Kunisada, later known as Toyokuni Utagawa. Woodblock printing was part of the cultural phenomenon, the "floating world" of pleasure ("ukiyo"), developed in Tokyo (then Edo) during Japan's Edo period (1603-1868). From The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England. http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/japan/gallery/KUN/kunisada/Intro/main.htm Topics: Art by Region, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Landscape Prints and Drawings Collection
A collection of 40 landscape prints and drawings, ranging in date from the late 1500s through the early 1900s. Searchable, and browsable by nationality of artist (American, Austrian, British, Dutch and Flemish, French, German, Italian). Includes works by James Whistler, Rembrandt, Claude Lorrain, and others. From the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf200001hw Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Last updated Jul 3, 2006 Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948
Sixty annotated "prints and drawings informed by a sympathy for the condition of working people" from the collection of "labor advocate and garment manufacturer Ben Goldstein." Browsable by topic ( Art of the People , The Radical Impulse , City Life , Capital and Labor , The American Scene ). Includes works by Diego Rivera, Stuart Davis, Thomas Hart Benton, and others. Also features brief information about Goldstein and his collection. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/goldstein/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Last updated May 23, 2004 M.C. Escher: Life and Work
Collection of images of the work of "Dutch artist Maurits C. Escher (1898-1972) [who] was a draftsman, book illustrator, tapestry designer, and muralist, but [whose] primary work was as a printmaker" and who is known for his depictions of visual illusions. Images are accompanied by descriptions, exhibition history, and other image details. Includes a biography of the artist. From the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggescher/ggescher-main1.html Topics: Artists Last updated Jun 11, 2008 Melencolia I: Albrecht Dürer
Devoted to the life and work of artist Albrecht Dürer. Includes images of Dürer's woodcuts and engravings; a profile of Nüremberg, Germany, during the Renaissance; a guide to symbols featured in Renaissance art; and technical information on printmaking. Also explores themes of melancholy in Dürer's work and Renaissance music, and past and present perceptions of clinical depression. From the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www2.hammer.ucla.edu/etc/durer/ Topics: Artists, Arts and Humanities, Mental Conditions, Schools of Art Last updated Feb 7, 2004 Monuments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky
Devoted to the Russian artist. Features a chronology of Lissitzky's life, and images of his work in typography, book design, exhibition design, and photography. From the Getty Research Institute. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/digitized_collections/lissitzky/ Topics: Artists, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Schools of Art Last updated May 22, 2005 The Posters of Toulouse-Lautrec
An online exhibition with a biography of the French artist, featuring brief information on the belle époque, Japonisme, art nouveau, the Moulin Rouge dance hall and cabaret, dancers Jane Avril and La Goulue, singer Aristide Bruant, Montmartre, and café concerts. Also includes quotes by Toulouse-Lautrec, related links, bibliographies, information on Paris and printmaking, and a glossary of technical terms relating to prints and posters. From the San Diego Museum of Art. http://www.sdmart.org/lautrec/ Topics: Artists Last updated Oct 12, 2004 The Printed Image in the West: History and Techniques
Illustrated descriptions of printmaking techniques. Includes history and examples of woodcut, engraving (using a metal tool known as a burin), etching (which uses acid), drypoint, mezzotint, aquatint, and lithography. Includes links to related exhibits and websites. Part of a timeline of art history from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/prnt/hd_prnt.htm Topics: Art Last updated Mar 7, 2006 Printmakers A to Z: Selections From Georgetown's Collections
An exhibition of 37 artists (mostly Americans) that includes etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts. From the Special Collection Division of the Lauinger Library, Georgetown University. http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/prints/printsA2Z.htm Topics: Last updated Sep 5, 2003 Printmakers' Portfolio: Printmaking Techniques
Brief overview of the traditional techniques for making fine art prints, including relief (such as woodcuts), intaglio (including engraving, etching, aquatint, drypoint, and mezzotint), stencil (primarily silkscreen printing, or serigraphy), and planographic printmaking (lithography). From an arts council that promotes both amateur and professional artists. http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=b6_techniques&ts=03062006125908 Topics: Art Last updated Mar 7, 2006 Printmaking Process
Illustrated exhibit on the process for different types of fine art printmaking techniques, including intaglio printing in general (which allows "ink films of different thickness to be deposited on the paper at the same time"), engraving, drypoint, etching, aquatint, and photogravure. Includes examples of art produced using the printmaking techniques. From Crown Point Press. http://www.crownpoint.com/printmaking/ Topics: Art Last updated Mar 7, 2006 Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Search for gorgeous, high-quality images from the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) of the Library of Congress. This resource "provides access through group or item records to about 65% of the Division's holdings, as well as to some images found in other units of the Library of Congress. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images — about one million digital images in all." http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated May 5, 2005 Prints With/Out Pressure: American Relief Prints From the 1940s Through the 1960s
This exhibit examines the relief print, which "refers to any print made from a raised printing surface, created when the non-printing areas of the block or plate are cut away below the surface. Examples of this technique include woodcut, wood engraving, and linoleum cut." Features essays on book illustration and prints clubs, a selection of images, and profiles of artists. From the New York Public Library (NYPL). http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/pressure/ Topics: Art, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Apr 18, 2006 Representing America: The Ken Trevey Collection of American Realist Prints
A collection of over 30 prints from the 1930s and 1940s. Browsable by theme: urban dramas, country dreams, women, men in industry, lovers, old boys clubs, leisure, health, and African Americans. Includes background information on the Federal Art Project and prints during the Great Depression, a cultural timeline of the 1930s, and a glossary of printmaking terminology. From the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/Pages/trevey/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Schools of Art Last updated May 23, 2004 Treasures in Full: Caxton's Chaucer
This site contains images of "William Caxton's two editions of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales,' probably printed in 1476 and 1483." View images from the two editions separately or side by side. Site also includes background information about printer William Caxton, a timeline, a select bibliography, a brief glossary, and related links. From the British Library. http://www.bl.uk/treasures/caxton/homepage.html Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Notable People, Poetry, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Technology Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Universes in Collision: Men and Women in Nineteenth Century Japanese Prints
Images and annotations of nineteenth century Japanese prints by Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, and Katsukawa Shunsen, exploring "the relationship between men and women." Online companion to 1997 exhibit from the Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia. http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/artsandmedia/artmuseum/ Topics: Art by Region Last updated Mar 27, 2009 Viewing Japanese Prints
A well-designed site on woodblock printing, Viewing Japanese Prints provides overviews of the Ukiyo-e ("Pictures of the Floating World"), Shin Hanga ("New Prints"), and Sôsaku Hanga ("Creative Prints") traditions (containing profiles and works by representative artists), and Selected Topics of Japanese print studies (including Aniline Dyes , Death Prints , Reading Scripts & Seals , and Stencil Prints ). Examples from the 17th through 20th centuries are shown. Also features a FAQ and links. http://www.viewingjapaneseprints.net/ Topics: Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Sep 9, 2009 What Is a Print?
Describes woodcutting, etching, lithographic, and screenprinting techniques with animated demonstrations, galleries of examples, a glossary, and recommended reading. From the Museum of Modern Art, New York. http://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/2001/whatisaprint/flash.html Topics: Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Sep 22, 2009 William Blake Archive
A digital archive of William Blake's "illuminated books, drawings, paintings, engravings, and more." Includes a biography, chronology, glossary, bibliography, links to related resources, and "Illuminated Printing," an essay describing how Blake created and published his books. From the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH), University of Virginia. http://www.blakearchive.org/ Topics: Artists, Authors by Region, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Apr 15, 2006 World Printmakers: Contemporary Fine-Art Prints From Round the Globe
This site aims to be a "helpful resource site for printmakers and to provide a forum for serial artists from all countries to show their work and offer it for sale." The site features artist biographies, images of artists' work, articles, information for collectors (such as articles about conservation and fraud), and links to related sites. Searchable. http://www.worldprintmakers.com/ Topics: Art Last updated May 27, 2004 |
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