Sentences with word «grattage»

He created textural richness with grattages, collages, engravings and varnish, physically building up surfaces in an effort to explore the transformative qualities of the materials used.

In Untitled (Mustang Series)(2004), where Rush embellished the printed surface by hand - applying chine collé, thick textures of entangled grapevines recall the enigmatic forests of the frottage drawings and grattage paintings by the Surrealist Max Ernst (1891 - 1976).

He also created the «grattage» technique, in which paint is scraped across canvas to reveal the imprints of the objects placed beneath.

A prolific and highly experimental artist, Ernst developed several new painting techniques: frottage (rubbing textured surfaces), grattage (frottage applied to painting), and decalcomania (liquid paint patterns), which resulted in many unique Surrealist works.

Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (Wols), It's All Over — The City, 1946 — 47, oil, grattage, and imprints on canvas, 31 7/8 x 31 7/8».