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Before and after: woodcut print by Rol
“Cactus”, woodcut print on modern, pulp rich paper by Cornelis Rol, part of the 1931 “Verkade” Album “Cactussen”, page 61.
The paper was cleaned from acids and pressed several times because the black paint was thick and of a different elasticity then the paper which resulted in rippling.
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French artists: Alexandre Thierriat
AUGUSTIN-ALEXANDRE THIERRIAT 1789 – 1870
Thierriat was a painter, draughtsman and printmaker
Anemones, early 19th century on laid paper. Hand colored.
Paper has some tide lines
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Dutch Artists: Bernard Blommers
Bernardus Johannes (Bernard) Blommers 1845-1914
Bernardus (Bernard) Blommers was a Dutch painter that belonged to “the Haagse School” group and was one of the younger artists that made up the first generation of this movement. Blommers became famous with his romantic genre pieces, depicting life in Dutch coastal towns.
Blommers, gravure, mixed technique. (Hulsteinantiques 2022, sold)
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French artists: François-Jacques Dequevauviller
François-Jacques Dequevauviller 1783-1848
Commemorative engraving of Louis XVl by François-Jacques Dequevauviller (1783-1848) Sculp. Callet
sold 2021
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French artists: Louis Marin Bonnet
Louis Bonnet 1736-1793
Louis Marin Bonnet came from a family of artisans and was trained in the craft of engraving by his brother-in-law, the engraver Louis Legrand (1723-1808). Via Legrands connections in the art world, Bonnet became the pupil of Jean-Charles François. After a year of study, Bonnet and François invented the “crayon manner”. This was a engraving technique invented to imitate the look of a chalk drawing. In 1760, Bonnet was ready to set up his own shop. During this period he perfected the crayon manner by producing prints using several different plates, each inked with a different color. These were very valuable and labor intensive processes that where simplified later on. He also experimented with aquatint-like techniques designed to reproduce wash drawing.
Bonnet was considered one of the most significant representatives of engraving in the “pastel “manner. Engravings with mythological and gallant scenes, as well as portraits and nudes. He engraved after his friend Francois Boucher, Francois-Hubert Drouais and Jean-Baptiste Huet.
Works of Louis Marin Bonnet are part of the collections of many international museums.
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German Artists: Georg Wille
Johann Georg Wille 1715-1808
In his life Wille had many students, one of them being Sigmund Freudenberg.
Georg Wille Le petit physicien graveur par JG Wille, graveur du roi 1760
Georg Wille, born in Germany, moved later on in his life to France where he started his career as a very gifted copper engraver. He became very famous both in France as abroad, almost obtaining the status of a 18th century superstar. He became the house engraver for famous kings like Louis the 15th, Frederick the second and Frederick the Fifth of Denmark. Napoleon Bonaparte appointed him ‘night of the Legion of Honor’. In 1758, Jean was naturalized and became an French citizen.
He won many prizes and acknowledgements of his whole Ouvre. Because Wille had many contacts in Europe, he left a ton of historical information behind when his correspondence was published after his death and bundled in book. Some historians described him as a “network entrepreneur”.
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