Word: etchers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...etchings were drawn by Charles Meryon, the most original etcher of the mid-nineteenth century, and one of the greatest architectural etchers of all times. Printed in brownish and often on green paper, which Meryon himself prepared, the etchings are unusually brilliant. There are 20 eachings in the collection given by Mr. Marvin, and of these there are two and even four impressions from a plate in its different stages of development...
Throughout the U. S. will soon be exhibited an educational cinema entitled The Magic Needle, demonstrating the art of etching for the first time in complete visual form, from beginning to end. William Meyerowitz, famed American painter-etcher, in a narrative setting, goes through the process of etching, from posing the model, a ballet dancer, to drawing off the first proof from the press. The Magic Needle may prove a boon to those persons who frequent print rooms and constantly become involved in violent altercation trying to distinguish between engraving, etching and dry point...
Characteristically to the fore, Joseph Pennell, master etcher, denounced the National Academy of Design because it decided to have no "black-and-whites" at the Spring Exhibition. "Artistically, the action is incredible...
Mahonri Young, sculptor, gave proof "to the public" at the Anderson Galleries, Manhattan, that art is a trade and a craft and that "there is nothing mysterious about being an artist." Before 300 amused spectators he worked 50 pounds of wet clay into "a sketch of Joseph Peennell," etcher (TIME, Jan. 14). Both chatted continuously...
...others who have made a life-long study of Rembrandt. The Metropolitan authorities, represented by Bryson Burroughs, curator of paintings, frankly deride his opinions, and believe their Rembrandts genuine. G. Frank Muller, E. M. Sperling, Raymond Henniker-Heaton, and other American experts are equally skeptical, though Joseph Pennell, the etcher, inclines to Van Dyke's side of the controversy. It is readily admitted that numerous pictures attributed to Rembrandt are " school " pieces, and many are ; catalogued as such. But the sweep: in condemnation is denied. Rembrandt, like many other painters, underwent an artistic evolution and painted in several styles...