About The Artist:
Tony Bechara
Antonio Jose Bechara was born on April 23, 1942, in San Juan. His mother, Rosa Margarita Martinez, was from Majorca, Spain. His father, Francisco Bechara, who was of Lebanese descent, operated a limestone quarry and was a developer. After graduating from the New York Military Academy, he earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and attended Georgetown Law School (his parents wanted him to join the family business). He persuaded them...
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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.