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Mary Moulton Cheney
Mary Moulton Cheney (1871 – 1957) was an artist and visual arts educator in Minneapolis. In addition to her own work with printmaking, bookbinding and design, she was also involved with the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the Handicraft Guild and other arts organizations in the city. Early life and education Cheney was born in St. Anthony, Minnesota in 1871. She attended the University of Minnesota and, after graduating in 1892, went on to study at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and at Harvard Summer School. While in Boston, she studied design as well as painting and worked with Denman Ross and George Elmer Browne among others. Career and work Cheney returned to Minneapolis in 1897 and started her own studio. She opened a printmaking shop with Mary Marsh Smith named ''The Artcraft Shop: Sign of the Bay Tree.'' They produced a variety of different items including clothing tags, calendars and greeting cards. Her cards have been identified as part of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Printmaking
Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed technique, rather than a photographic reproduction of a visual artwork which would be printed using an electronic machine ( a printer); however, there is some cross-over between traditional and digital printmaking, including risograph. Except in the case of monotyping, all printmaking processes have the capacity to produce identical multiples of the same artwork, which is called a print. Each print produced is considered an "original" work of art, and is correctly referred to as an "impression", not a "copy" (that means a different print copying the first, common in early printmaking). However, impressions can vary considerably, whether intentionally or not. Master printmakers are technicians who are capable of printing identical "impressions" by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
