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The subject reports itself, it is never looked for. Afterwards a small drawing will follow for the color-planes which are determined immediately. The… - Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman
" "The subject reports itself, it is never looked for. Afterwards a small drawing will follow for the color-planes which are determined immediately. These colors will be printed by large logs and updated and enlivened with the hand-roller. For pressing I use an old hand-press with lever (from c. 1800).. .Sometimes it is necessary to press heavily, other times only very light. Sometimes one half of the block is rolled in [with ink] bold, the other half only skimpy. By first printing sometimes the first layer of paint on a piece of paper, a gentle tint appears which is then printed on the original. Another time I print the first print of the paper back on the original.. .As soon as the color-planes have been applied, the first state is reached, so to say..
..Of course all kinds of side-steps can be made, while working. In case of enlivening the picture - both in terms of color or decoration - the main goal I always keep in mind.
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About Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman
Hendrik Werkman (29 April 1882 - 10 April 1945) was an experimental Dutch typographer and printer, partly as commercial profession, partly as a free artist. He set up a clandestine printing-house during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands (1940–45) and was shot by the Gestapo in the last days of the German occupation.
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version in original Dutch (origineel citaat van Hendrik Werkman, in het Nederlands): Ik heb een pas aangevraagd en ga West-Europa in 5 dagen afreizen. Begin in Keulen en eindig vermoedelijk in Parijs. Wie doet je wat. In Keulen is een groote tentoonstelling van Duitse schilders [met name van Die Brücke]. Jan W. [= ] is er geweest en animeerde zoodanig dat ik er even heen ga.. ..'t schijnt dat Jan met me mee wil. Hij was zo enthousiast dat ik vermoed hem als reisgezel te kunnen noteren.
version in original Dutch (origineel citaat van Hendrik Werkman, in het Nederlands):Het is een heel werk geweest [zijn 20 prenten van de 'Chassidische Legende']; ingespannen en zonder ophouden is er aan gewerkt [1941-1943]. Maar het was boeiend en ontspannend tevens. Nu het af is kan ik er op terugzien als een stuk van mijn leven als 't ware. Ik acht mij gelukkig dat ik dit heb kunnen volbrengen, al zullen er ook wel aanmerkingen op gemaakt worden. Daaraan is niet te ontkomen, ook al doe je je beste best.
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