About The Artist:
Hans Figura
Hans Figura (Vienna, Austria 1898-1978) was well known for his European and American landscape and cityscape aquatint etchings. He exhibited his prints and original oil paintings in various international venues during his lifetime. Walter Meibohm worked with Mr. Figura personally post WWII and maintained a friendship with him until his death in 1978. Aquatinting, like etching is an acid based process, and is quite complex. It uses acid-resistant...
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About The Medium:
Aquatint
An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.
