Word: aquatint
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...important gift from Philip Hofer '21 of Cleveland includes rare and beautiful etchings of Gaya, his "Caprichos", "Proverbios", and "Tauromaquia" in early editions, which well show the artist's skill in satire, delightfully portrayed by a combination of etchings and aquatint. There are also two works of Antonio Canal which are characteristic of his brilliant handling of sunlight and atmospheric effect...
...figures, dancers, and scenes of the "Cafes Concerts". Of the portraits, especially fine in its delicacy of execution and its keen character portrayal is the portrait of the engraver, Tourney. Pissarro is represented by a number of landscapes and landscapes with figures in which he has made use of aquatint to give the effect of sunlight and shadow...