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Description: | Only around 10% of the Print Collection is made up of lithographs, mostly collected in the early years of the Art Collection. Most of the lithographs in the collection are by significant printmakers, including John Busby, Alan Davie, David Gentleman, Henri Hayden, Howard Hodgkin, John Houston, John Hoyland, Ceri Richards, Elizabeth Frink, Terry Frost and Graham Sutherland. This is not surprising as there was an explosion of printmaking among artists in the 1960s.
Lithography is a type of surface printing, involving printing from a smooth, flat surface – traditionally a stone or a metal plate. The surface of the plate is divided into hydrophilic (water attracting and ink repelling) and hydrophobic (water repelling and ink attracting) areas – this used to be done using oil or fat to create a hydrophobic area, but now water resistance tends to be created using chemical processes (emulsion is often used to make the ink stick to plastic or aluminium plates). Ink is applied to the surface and will only stick to the areas which have been prepared to take on the ink. This is then lifted onto the printed surface by running the plate through a press.
Among the more recent lithographs is Blackadder’s 'Irises' (1996). | Subjects: | Fine Art | Source: | University of Stirling | Address: | University of Stirling
Stirling,
FK9 4LA | Identifier: | STIAC-CLD.2.1.e | Language: | en-GB | Relation: | STIMR-CLD.2.1 |
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Irises
Print - Lithograph - Blackadder,…
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