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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4286772, member: 8267"]A bit more about oleographs:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Traditionally the term Oleograph referred to lithograph prints <b><u>over painted in oil paint</u></b> to recreate the look of oil paintings." (emphasis added)</p><p><a href="https://www.artpublish.com/oleographs-monoprints-and-acrylographs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.artpublish.com/oleographs-monoprints-and-acrylographs/" rel="nofollow">https://www.artpublish.com/oleographs-monoprints-and-acrylographs/</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>"Oleograph refers to over-painting some of a lithographic edition to simulate oil paintings. The method was usually used to add interest to coloured lithograph reproduction prints on paper. Adding varnish and texture also protected the paper and the print could be displayed without glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lithograph reproductions that are usually commercially published in large editions, on a fast printing machine. Some of the edition might be used to make oleographs. The technique goes back into the last century. It did mean that oleographs had some hands-on factor, but the whole operation was usually a commercial process without any involvement by the original artist."</p><p><a href="https://www.howtobeanartist.org/single-post/acrylographs-and-other-prints" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.howtobeanartist.org/single-post/acrylographs-and-other-prints" rel="nofollow">https://www.howtobeanartist.org/single-post/acrylographs-and-other-prints</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A close examination of the edges of your artwork, under magnification, might reveal if there is a layer of paper that might be an underlying lithograph.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4286772, member: 8267"]A bit more about oleographs: "Traditionally the term Oleograph referred to lithograph prints [B][U]over painted in oil paint[/U][/B] to recreate the look of oil paintings." (emphasis added) [URL]https://www.artpublish.com/oleographs-monoprints-and-acrylographs/[/URL] "Oleograph refers to over-painting some of a lithographic edition to simulate oil paintings. The method was usually used to add interest to coloured lithograph reproduction prints on paper. Adding varnish and texture also protected the paper and the print could be displayed without glass. Lithograph reproductions that are usually commercially published in large editions, on a fast printing machine. Some of the edition might be used to make oleographs. The technique goes back into the last century. It did mean that oleographs had some hands-on factor, but the whole operation was usually a commercial process without any involvement by the original artist." [URL]https://www.howtobeanartist.org/single-post/acrylographs-and-other-prints[/URL] A close examination of the edges of your artwork, under magnification, might reveal if there is a layer of paper that might be an underlying lithograph.[/QUOTE]
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