About The Artist:
Jos Rovers
Joseph Johannes (Jos) Rovers (Utrecht, December 15, 1893 - Amsterdam, October 7, 1976) was a Dutch sculptor, graphic artist, painter, draftsman, book binding designer, etcher, illustrator and teacher at an academy. He is the father of Anton Rovers. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp under the direction of Isidore Opsomer. His working period was from 1908 to 1976, in Haarlem to 1930 and in Amsterdam from 1930 to 1976. His...
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About The Medium:
Screenprint
A stencil process employing a frame on which silk or synthetic fabric is stretched. Stencils are hand-drawn or hand-cut and placed on the stretched fabric and act as a block out when the ink passes through the screen by means of a squeegee onto the paper, the non-stencil areas create the image. Also known as silkscreen or serigraph.