About The Artist:
Jose Ortega
José Ortega is born in 1921 in Arroba de los Montes (Spain). His family moves to Madrid in 1934 and in his early years the young boy is being interest in art. At age 15, then the Spanish civil war breaks out, Ortega is already a protest artist. He joins the Communist Party, is being sentenced to 10 years in prison (1947); acquitted in 1952, José Ortega enrolls at the National School of Graphic Arts and at the free Club of Fine Arts...
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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.