Show y 7 4 Et Etching hing Gains in Popularity in World of Art M ny U. U S. S Artists Turn Attention to CopperPlate Copper Plate and Steel Needlework Revival al ot or popular Interest in has been marked during the past ast few years and in consequence many of or the leading artists of the nation atlon are devoting their talents to it 1 Some of ot them are making It their heir serious work others are arc amusing musing themselves and turning out ut delightful little prints merely ns as s an n avocation a to their thelt serious work ork From the time of ot the first etching round 1500 the art of etching was most popular Suddenly in the thIs tills popularity began to wane and nd in the ensuing score or more or of f years oars public taste fickle as alI alwa's al- al I ways was t turned from It ft Now in true J fashion interest has hasI I swung wung back and aside from the great eat artists and the lesser ones most of ot whom are indulging in etching at least a little young art lovers ov Overs rs and amateur artists are ex- ex reusing their creative instincts with Ith the steel needle topper opper plate nd th the Ink REM REMBRANT EM BRANT GREATEST When one thinks of ot Rembrant Ine one ne thinks of him as one of ot the I greatest painters the world has yet and yet Rembrant was the greatest of or etchers according to biographies bl- bl and authoritative works The Th same skillful effects of his his' paintings Rembrant instilled In his etchings One of or his most famous etchings is the lovely thing Christ Healing the Sick Among his famous famous famous fa fa- fa- fa followers were Paul rau Potter otter Nicholas Berchem em and Claude laude The first etcher was Albert Durr Dur- Dur fOr r who was born In 1471 and died in n 1528 Among modern etchers Whistler And Ind nd Sir Seymour Haden stand lone alone Whistler has a ma cal ma cal touch ouch graceful poetic mt u laden Haden is a pupil of Rembrant Rembrant his his admirers f say sayan an equal Professor Legros Legos is seen at his best In his Death and the Peasant Paul aul captivates with his delIcate del- del 1 cate etchings and dry points of children hildren and graceful women Zorn compels our admiration with a pretended pretended pre- pre tended ended carelessness ploughing the Plate late with strong and vigorous nes D. D Y Young has combined the fhe he sombre northern feeling with somethIng of Meryon 1868 1821 and nd a touch ouch distinctly his own Prank Frank Brangwyn n Axel Ael Haig and C. C J. J Watson must also be mentioned mentioned men- men as well as Professor Herko- Herko I mer nier The he etching in colors of RaffaellI Raf- Raf faellI r Mortimer and others deserves notice I IMPETUS IN U. U US U.S. S. S Etching itching In the United States Stales receIved re- re Its first great impulse through an exhibition given by a A in New York in n 1866 Before fore this date there had hadeen been een sporadic efforts and George L. L Brown an American artist had executed a series of nine etchings published In New York in 1860 He was vas followed b by J. J M. M Falconer nd J Ji D. D Chapman and particularly particular- particular ly y D. D Smillie who was a founder of ot the New York club organized in 1877 In fe fC ie most limited sense an etch is Is' Isa a drawing scratched upon n a me mci 1 1 plate so that when rubbed over ver with ink an impression may maybe maybe maye be e taken from It on paper Methods ary according to the type of etch- etch lag Sn ig A It c copper plate is coated with a of wax and asphaltum and the tho ho drawing or design is sketched n n it Its surface with a steel needle After Arter this is done the edges and andack I back ack of the plate are covered with ft vernish to protect th the then m from the tho I Ift action of acid The plate is now V I in an nn acid bath which bites Ues the he line Into the copp copper r til this S done one the plate is removed from the acid cid the wax removed and the plate late is ready for printing RUN UN THROUGH PRESS Etching wax wL- is rubbed Into the Ute bitten lines the surface is wiped lean clean With hand or rag rag and and the Impression im- im taken on dampened paper laid aid over the plate and both run through an etching pr press ss The Thc action action ae ac- ac tion on of ot the press is similar to that of f a clothes wringer Every ery proof from om the plate is an original etchIng etching etch- etch ing ig and Is signed by br the artist when it meets his approval The method described Is perhaps most common Such names as aqua aqua tints are similar in tone ground round dry point are used to describe other processes of ot producing producing ing ng prints In dry point the desIgn design de- de sIgn is drawn directly on the surface sur- sur face ace of or the copper by pressure of ot through powdered resin Printing the he lines This gives a rich soft sott velvety print Mezzo tints are nade lade ade with aid o of a tool which gives the plate II tooth or tone to Clu tints are similar in tone except the surface of the per eo jer is ro roughened by acid biting t ugh powered po rosin Printing i cases is much the as It tor r ordinary ary etchings Etching ma may mayI mayone I- I ao one of these methods or ai n etching the beauty o ol or lines line Une is s Importance In texture the Un is of ot secondary Importance t of ot the artist being to render texture and suggest color olor Th flatter Is necessarily the more 1 1 C etcher being unable i i the effect of ot his work until I pro H- H el tn ver interested in etch etch- t L l v excellent the work of V t tw k Etching In Am Amer- Amer rEtching rk r- r ertons ertons erton's Etching and k v |