About The Artist:
Richard Muller
Symbolism, surrealism, and romanticism play a role in the work of artist Richard Müller (1874-1954). He was an interwar artist whose bizarre visions toed the line between German realism and what the Nazis called degenerate art. It was certainly strange art but consistent with what was going on during the Weimar period. I became aware of his work decades ago when my own penchant for the grotesque was tickled by Alfred Kubin and Max Klinger,...
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About The Medium:
Etching
The printing process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In traditional pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where they want a line to appear in the finished piece, exposing the bare metal. The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper (often moistened to soften it). The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print.