U.S.A. - New Mexico, NM

Thomas - U.S.A. - 22.04.2024

Gustave Baumann

the woodblock prints of 

Gustave Baumann (1881-1971)

Plum and Peach Bloom, 1911-1913

Color woodcut,

Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico

Funds raised by the School of American Research

Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas that the artist cuts away carry no ink, while characters or images at surface level carry the ink to produce the print. The block is cut along the wood grain (unlike wood engraving, where the block is cut in the end-grain). The surface is covered with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller (brayer), leaving ink upon the flat surface but not in the non-printing areas.