Décalcomanie
Under Décalcomanie refers to the artistic technique of color proof or color set-off. It can be assigned to the area of the monotype , but differs in that it does not aim to depict a motif, but rather to function independently as a motif.
The technique was invented in England around 1750, from where it was imported to the United States from 1865. The technology experienced an upswing thanks to the Surrealists : in 1935 by Óscar Domínguez and from 1939 by Ithell Colquhoun . Max Ernst developed the technique further: In contrast to Dominguez, he delimited forms in the amorphous , random structures that did not show any specific shape and painted over the remaining surface. Examples are his paintings Marlene (1940–41) and Europe after the Rain II (1940–42). In the 1950s and early 1960s, the technology found its way into comics such as Flash Gordon , the Katzenjammer Kids or Dagwood Bumstead .
The Yale University found that hand-painted Décalcomanien on repeated use tend fractals produce.
literature
- Gudrun Arnold: Décalcomanie - my journey of discovery . Manuela Kinzel, Göppingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-937367-82-8 .
Web links
- History
- Instructions ( Memento from January 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Examples
Individual evidence
- ↑ Occult Surrealist - Ithell Colquhoun and automatism: [1]
- ↑ http://classes.yale.edu/Fractals/Panorama/Art/Decalcomania/Decalcomania.html