Six Centuries of Printmaking

Three related exhibitions explore a range of historic and contemporary printmaking preoccupations and techniques, and together include over 150 prints selected from the permanent collection of the Dalhousie Art Gallery. Among the woodcuts, etchings and engravings in Early Renaissance to Early Modern European Prints are works by Wolgemuth, Schongauer, Dürer, Piranesi, Goya, Corot, Manet, Daumier, Whistler and Kollwitz; the Richard and Jocelyn Raymond Canadian Graphic Art Collection specifically focuses on works by Canadian artists from the early 20th century known for their contributions to printmaking, including Buller, Holgate, Hutchinson, Phillips, Schaeffer, and Shelton, to name a few. The largest section, Modern and Contemporary Prints from North America includes lithographs and serigraphs by abstractionists such as Hurtubise, Motherwell, Riopelle, Tousignant and Town, figurative etchings by Scherman, Priest and Porter, and serigraphs by Maritime realists Colville, Pratt and Savage, as well as monoprints, stonecuts, and relief prints. A brochure with commentaries by Dan O’Neill and David Armstrong (artists who teach in the Printmaking Department at NSCAD University), as well as lectures, panels and other events, will accompany this fascinating “print extravaganza”.