Friday, May 1, 2020

Printmaking in the Time of COVID-19. Douze Contemporains 1959, a portfolio challenge.




COVID – 19 is hampering the collective spirit of printmakers, forcing us to work alone rather in the shops we share.

Athraigh Print Studio challenges printmakers to reach out to each other and organize invitational virtual portfolios. Please share this and please post your portfolios to help fill the days of those practicing the prescribed (by science) isolation.

For motivation please look at a few examples from, Douze Contemporains 1959, a portfolio of twelve prints created by Braque, Chagall, Derain, Dufy, Leger, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, Rouault, Utrillo, Villon and Vlaminck (organized by J. Lassaigne and printed with pochoir by Daniel Jacomet).

Andre Derain
Paysage, from Douze Contemporains, 1959
Lithograph with Pochoir


Henri Matisse
La Danse, (1931) from Douze Contemporains,1959
Lithograph with Pochoir


Georges Braque
Les Barques Sur La Plage, from Douze Contemporains, 1959
Lithograph with Pochoir


Fernand Leger
L'Artiste dans le Studio, from Douze Contemporains, 1959
Lithograph with Pochoir


Raoul Dufy
Paddock, from Douze Contemporains, 1959
Lithograph with Pochoir


Thanks for tuning in!

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I’d be excited to share your COVID - 19 small print portfolios on the main website:
https://www.joelelginathraighprintstudio.com/