About The Artist:
Claudio Juarez
Claudio Juarez was born in 1938 in Ayacucho, Peru. He studied painting and printing in the Escuela nacional de Bellas Artes de Lima, Peru. In 1960 he was granted a fellowship to continue his studies at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro. A year later he received another scholarship from the Galouste Gulbekian and traveled to Paris where he taught and worked with Stanley William Hayter. After traveling and teaching in Spain, Portugal,...
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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.