Nearly 250 pieces make you travel in the history of chiaroscuro, from Italy to the 16th century, to Geneva production in the 20th century. The Museum of Art and History dedicates an exhibition to chiaroscuro engraving, A color wood engraving technique, Also called Camaïeu or Chiaroscuro.
Chiaroscuro highlights the shadows, Lights and halftone. Its originality? The engraving technique is practically monochrome. Chiaroscuro is limited to a single color, even two.
Sophisticated, refined, The clavals produced in chiaroscuro particularly affect a collector's audience capable of appreciating them.
Organized in 4 components, The chiaroscuro engraving exhibition opens with masterpieces made in the 16th century by artists such as Ugo de Carpi, Hendrick GOLTZIUS, Antonio Da Trento and Niccolò Vicentino, According to works by the famous Italian artists Raphaël or amonggianino, said Parmesan.
A second room presents the pieces of English John Baptist Jackson, who, in the 18th century, employs the chiaroscuro in a spectacular way.
After a long eclipse, The technique comes up to date, in particular thanks to the talent of the Geneva artist Pierre-Eugène Vibert, Presented in the museum's third exhibition hall.
At last, The 20th century was honored by the works of Swiss and Geneva artists like Alice Bailly, Charles-Alexandre Mairet or Edouard Vallet.