Kalender 1927 — oktober, 1926, 35 x 21 cm
While we were in Amsterdam, we visited the Van Gogh museum, which was actually a bit disappointing and not as extensive as one would expect a museum dedicated to a single artist would be. However, one of the highlights was not found among Van Gogh’s numerous portraits of women’s heads (there were about 20 of them) but rather in discovering a Dutch artist and printing innovator — H.N. Werkman — who I’d never encountered before. And so, here’s to welcoming October with a Werkman print from 1927.
You can check out more of Werkman’s prints at the Groninger Museum’s online archive.
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1 printmaker // Oct 10, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I too liked the works of HN Werkman and am now trying to find samples of his work description of his technique.
2 kim // Oct 11, 2008 at 10:51 pm
His technique is remarkably simple and easy to replicate– he used a lot of simple relief methods of printmaking, most falling under that category of “collograph” printmaking. A Werkman-type print can be created at home by using textured rubbers, lace, & found objects, ink, and printed onto paper with a brayer.
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