Selections from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, September 24 - Thursday, October 17, 2002

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 - 1669) “The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds” etching, engraving and drypoint 1634

This exhibition of prints from the Western Illinois University Art Gallery Permanent Collection includes a range of early Old Masters prints by major European artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, William Hogarth, Honoré Daumier and Francisco Goya to later 19th and 20th Century works by Auguste Renoir, Georges Rouault, Félix Hilaire Buhot, Louis Lagrand, Maurice Vlaminck, Max Beckmann, Marc Chagall, Salvadore Dali, Pablo Picasso, Hans Erni and Marco Sassone. The exhibit also features several works by American artists Leonard Baskin, William Gropper, Ben Shahn, Werner Drewes and Seong Moy.

A variety of printmaking techniques are represented, including the woodblock printing techniques of wood engraving and woodcut; various intaglio techniques such as etching, aquatint and drypoint; lithography, and serigraphy.