Etching, Engraving and Printing
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These Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) etchings depicting his printmaking studio in Paris are being shown at BAM because, although they are not maps, they are beautiful illustrations of the printmaking techniques utilized in the 16th to the 18th centuries to create works on paper, whether they were artistic or cartographic creations.
Bosse was one of the leading French printmakers of the 17th century. He was also an author and teacher who wrote a famous treatise on printmaking techniques.
“Graveurs en taille douce au burin et à l'eau forte” (The Etcher and The Engraver)
This is an etching by Abraham Bosse, published in 1643. It demonstrates two techniques (etching and engraving) for creating grooves in a copper plate that represent the desired image or map in reverse. When inked and pressed into paper, as in the 2nd etching, it transfers the image to the paper in the proper orientation. The Richard & Leslie Breiman Collection.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/360021
https://art.famsf.org/abraham-bosse/engraver-and-etcher-l5401966
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/72665/the-engraver-and-the-etcher
Richard Breiman to present to Bay Area Map Group, part of California Map Society, on July 25, 2020.
These Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) etchings depicting his printmaking studio in Paris are being shown at BAM because, although they are not maps, they are beautiful illustrations of the printmaking techniques utilized in the 16th to the 18th centuries to create works on paper, whether they were artistic or cartographic creations.
Bosse was one of the leading French printmakers of the 17th century. He was also an author and teacher who wrote a famous treatise on printmaking techniques.
“Les Imprimeurs en taille-douce” (The Intaglio Printers)
This Bosse etching was published in 1642. It demonstrates the process of transferring the image or map from the copper plate, which was created by an etcher or an engraver, as in the 1st print, to paper. The Richard & Leslie Breiman Collection.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/348296
https://art.famsf.org/abraham-bosse/intaglio-printers-l1966Richard Breiman to present to Bay Area Map Group, part of California Map Society, on July 25, 2020.
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