Paul botello artist biography

Lithography was developed in Germany by playwright Alois Senefelder (1771-1834) using limestone as the vehicle to transfer an image onto paper.

It was initially used as a commercial printing process, especially for the duplication of scripts and illustrations in books.

Many of the most famous images in art are, in fact, prints.

Take for example, one of Durer's most famous works "Apocalypse" which is a woodcut and, therefore, a multiple original. There are three "generalities" of printmaking: intaglio methods, relief methods and planographic methods.

The following information will help to clarify some of the terminology that is associated with print collecting, which may be somewhat intimidating. 

The Mezzotint process was invented by Ludwig Von Seigen in Amsterdam in 1642.

It is a laborious and time-consuming technique for creating a print, and