Master printmakers or master printers are specialized technicians who hand-print editions of works of an artist in printmaking.[1] Master printmakers often own and/or operate their own printmaking studio or print shop. Business activities of a Master printshop may include: publishing and printing services, educational workshops or classes, mentorship of artists, and artist residencies.

The role of the specialist printers mostly emerged from the 18th century onwards. Previously artists in printmaking mostly printed their own prints, as for example Rembrandt did; he had a printing press for etchings and engravings in his house. For woodcuts the blockcutter had long been a specialist artisan, sometimes famous. Printing of lithographs from the 19th century on has normally been a specialist process.

Training for master printmakers varies by technique, geography, and culture. Master printmakers are almost always trained by other master printmakers.[2] The Tamarind Institute is one formal institution mandated to train master lithographers, located in New Mexico. In the 20th century in Britain there was a federation of master printers called the British Printing Industries Federation, renamed the British Federation of Master Printers (BFMP) in the 1930s and then again renamed the British Printing Industries Federation in the 1970s.[3]

Notable people

Contemporary, mostly Americans

Historical master printmakers, mostly American

See also

References

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  3. ^ "British Printing Industries Federation, 1905-1995". mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk. The University of Warwick. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
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  5. ^ "Kathan Brown". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  6. ^ Hansen, T. Victoria (1995). Printmaking in America : collaborative prints and presses, 1960-1990. New York: H.N. Abrams in association with Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University. p. 48-49. ISBN 9780810937437.
  7. ^ "About the Residency | Alfonso Crujera". www.en.crujera.com. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  8. ^ Hansen, T. Victoria (1995). Printmaking in America : collaborative prints and presses, 1960-1990. New York: H.N. Abrams in association with Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University. p. 44. ISBN 9780810937437.
  9. ^ "Robert Motherwell and Catherine Mosley: A 20-Year Collaboration in Printmaking". The Feminist Art Project. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  10. ^ Hansen, T. Victoria (1995). Printmaking in America : collaborative prints and presses, 1960-1990. New York: H.N. Abrams in association with Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University. p. 49. ISBN 9780810937437.
  11. ^ a b Berry, John D. (2021-06-28). "Nothing Impresses Like Letterpress". Alta Online. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  12. ^ Hansen, T. Victoria (1995). Printmaking in America : collaborative prints and presses, 1960-1990. New York: H.N. Abrams in association with Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University. p. 50. ISBN 9780810937437.
  13. ^ Hansen, T. Victoria (1995). Printmaking in America : collaborative prints and presses, 1960-1990. New York: H.N. Abrams in association with Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University. p. 39. ISBN 9780810937437.
  14. ^ Castleman, Riva (1991). Seven Master Printmakers: Innovations in the Eighties, from the Lilja Collection. The Museum of Modern Art. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-87070-190-0.
  15. ^ Farrell, Jennifer (December 6, 2016). "Expanding Possibilities: Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  16. ^ "Krishna Reddy". Art Public Montréal. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  17. ^ "Art of Dox Thrash". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  18. ^ Grimes, William (2011-08-27). "June Wayne, Painter and Printmaker, Dies at 93". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
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