About The Artist:
Roman Scheidl
1949 Born June 29th in Leopoldsdorf/Lower Austria. 1955 The family moves to Munich. The father is a film journalist. Together with his mother, the child often visits museums and exhibitions. The mother remembers making a lot of notes at the child's request. 1961 First phase of painting activity producing oil paintings. The twelve-year-old wants to be a painter. He is mainly fascinated with Kandinsky, Monet and Turner. As a result of his father's...
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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.