printmaker

[print-mey-ker]

noun

1. a person who makes prints, especially an artist working in one of the graphic mediums.

printmaker

/ ˈprɪntˌmeɪkə /

noun

1. a person who makes print, esp a craftsman or artist in this field

Word History and Origins

Origin of printmaker¹

First recorded in 1925–30; print + maker

Example Sentences

She said her career as a painter, printmaker, collage and stained-glass artist and teacher meant she mixed with the "intelligentsia of Swansea".

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Dürer, born in 1471, was a major painter and printmaker who introduced Renaissance art to Germany and northern Europe.

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Another influence is Anni Albers, one of the world’s leading textile designers and printmakers, and wife of Josef Albers, who blurred the lines between the ancient craft of hand-weaving and modern art.

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Beginning her career as a printmaker, she encountered the work of Joseph Cornell at the Pasadena Museum of Art in 1967, after which Saar began experimenting with what would become her signature mixed-media style.

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In “PINK, UNPACKED” Seattle printmakers explore the color pink and its cultural baggage.

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