3rd GradeMonoprintsMonoprinting is a form of printmaking that has lines or images that can only be made once, unlike most printmaking, which allows for multiple originals. There are many techniques of mono-printing. Examples of standard printmaking techniques which can be used to make monoprints include lithography, woodcut, and etching. Monoprinting was invented in the 1640s.
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One famous printmaker was this artist who has ties to Iowa, specifically Iowa City, and has even had artwork at Wartburg in Waverly!
Mauricio LasanskySome of his work:The picture on the left was a print of his son. The one on the right was at an art show at Wartburg College from 2017-2018
This print was about the sadness that surrounded WWII and the Holocaust.
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Mauricio Lasansky was born on October 12, 1914 and passed away on April 2, 2012. He was an Argentine artist and educator known both for his advanced techniques in intaglio printmaking and for a series of 33 pencil drawings from the 1960s titled "The Nazi Drawings." Lasansky, who migrated to and became a citizen of the United States, established the school of printmaking at the University of Iowa, which offered the first Master of Fine Arts program in the field in the United States. Sotheby's identifies him as one of the fathers of modern printmaking.
He went to the Superior School of Fine Arts in his hometown in 1933. Three years later, Lasansky began his career as director of the Free Fine Arts School in Villa María, Argentina. Lasansky relocated to New York City in 1943 on the first of five Guggenheim Fellowships and chose to remain in and become a citizen of the United States. In 1945, he took his first position at the University of Iowa, as a visiting lecturer for graphic arts. Within three years, he would become a full professor and ultimately would establish its school of printmaking, offering the first Master of Fine Arts program in the field in the United States. In the 1960s, Time magazine dubbed him "the nation's most influential printmaker." He remained with the program until his retirement in 1984. He dedicated his first several months in the United States to studying the extensive print collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City.
He was greatly influenced by the work of Picasso, El Greco, Goya, Modigliani, Chagall and Stanley William Hayter. |
It's very important to understand who an artist is influenced by. Can you guess which artist influenced the three prints I showed you? Let me give you some hints...
This print was done by Pablo Picasso about the Spanish Civil War.
This painting was done by the famous Italian artist named Amedeo Modigliani.
This painting was done by the Greek artist named El Greco.
Can you see how his influences helped him create his own style? That's why we look at Art History. When you look at other artwork, you gain a sense of art that you like, and art you don't like. This helps you to create YOUR OWN STYLE!
It's my job to inspire you with ANY different kinds of art through your Elementary school years. That way you start to learn your own way of creating artwork. By the time you get to Middle School, you should have started to understand what kind of art is best for you. The style, the form, the way of creating... all of those things come into play. I hope this new art form is a way you can express YOUR art too.
There are some different techniques in printmaking that you might find yourself doing:
Ghost Print:
Layered Monoprints:
Layering each monoprint over top of eachother....
We will be making Monoprints, or layered monoprints (you might even make some ghost prints in the process), like on the video. We will then use our prints to create collages from our printed paper. Be thinking about what you could make out of the awesome prints you are making!