SENEFELDER, ALOYS

äˈlōüs zāˈnəfĕlˌdər, äˈlois, 1771–1834, German lithographer, b. Prague. Senefelder invented lithography in Munich c.1796. In 1818 he published a full account of the nature and the history of his invention. The English translation, A Complete Course of Lithography, appeared in 1819.

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books on: Senefelder Aloys  - 27 results

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Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of Lithography, Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of Its Invention, 1798-1948: Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of Its Invention .... The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949
Book; 1948
Subjects: Lithography--Exhibitions
206. ALOYS SENEFELDER, INVENTOR OF LITHOGRAPHY GENDALL...lines . It was invented in 1798 by Aloys Senefelder of Bavaria, who, in his efforts...Quarterly , Vol. V, p. 445. Senefelder Aloys, LArt de la lithographie ou instruction...
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American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years, from 1790-1909 - Vol. 2
Book by Russell Sanjek; Oxford University Press, 1988
Subjects: Music Trade--United States--History And Criticism, Music--United States--History And Criticism, Popular Music--United States--History And Criticism
...printing, or lithography, by Aloys Senefelder around 1796 came at a time when...playwright then in his twenties, Senefelder had found the cost of duplicating...encouragement and financial backing, Senefelder, after buying some badly printed...
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Enchanted Wanderer: The Life of Carl Maria von Weber
Book by Lucy Poate Stebbins, Richard Poate Stebbins; Putnam, 1940
Subjects: Weber, Carl Maria Von--1786-1826
...encountered an acquaintance of his theatrical days, Aloys Senefelder, much the worse for wear. He had been a student...agreed that there was money in lithography. When Aloys Senefelder hinted that it would be his money, Franz Anton...
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Fitz-James O'Brien: Selected Literary Journalism, 1852-1860
Book by Wayne R. Kime; Susquehanna University Press, 2003
Subjects: Journalism--19th Century
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Scholars, Travellers, and Trade: The Pioneer Years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-1840
Book by R. B. Halbertsma; Routledge, 2003
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Art in the Parlor: Consumer Culture and Currier and Ives
Journal article by Bryan F. Le Beau; The Journal of American Culture, Vol. 30, 2007
Subjects: Advertising, Families & family life, Husbands, Purchasing, Wives, Women
...Karshan 31; Reilly xxxviii-xlii). Lithography ("writing on stone") was invented in 1798 by a Bavarian named Alois (Aloys) Senefelder, an aspiring but poor playwright searching for an inexpensive printing process. Within only a few years, lithography...


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magazine articles on: Senefelder Aloys  - 3 results

 
 
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Multipurpose Monoprints
Magazine article by Judith Fowler; Arts & Activities, Vol. 132, November 2002
Subjects: Art teachers--Technique, Art--Study and teaching, Artists as teachers, Creative activities and seat work, Elementary school students--Education, Project method in teaching
...toward the end of the 1700s, an artist by the name of Aloys Senefelder stumbled upon a basic transfer process that led to...communication. Because of this innovative transfer process, Aloys Senefelder transformed the world of printed communication and...
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Pages of History: Daumier's Political Eye: Peter J. Beck Describes the Work of Honore Daumier, Born 200 Years Ago This Month, Which Provided an Early Visual Documentary Newsreel and Commentary on the Key Political and Social Movements in Mid-Nineteenth Century France
Magazine article by Peter J. Beck; History Today, Vol. 59, February 2008
Subjects: Artists--Works, Caricatures and cartoons--Political aspects, Caricatures--Political aspects, Daumier, Honore--Works
...stone, was developed from the innovative work of Aloys Senefelder during the final years of the eighteenth century...relatively immediate responses to events. As such, Senefelders invention opened up new audiences and sources of...
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"Strange Seriousness": Discovering Daumier
Magazine article by Roger Kimball; New Criterion, Vol. 18, April 2000
Subjects: Artists--19th century, Daumier, Honore--Criticism, interpretation, etc., France--Art, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.--Exhibitions
...the new process of lithography, an inexpensive printing technique discovered by a German actor and playwright named Aloys Senefelder in 1798 and only lately come to Paris. In 1825, Daumier apprenticed with one Zephirin Belliard, who specialized in...


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Antiques: Imprinted Image of a Genius
Newspaper article by Richard Edmonds; The Birmingham Post (England), April 8, 2000
Subjects: Daumier, Honore
...April 13-16 at the Royal Academy). The principle of lithography was initially discovered around 1798 by the printer Aloys Senefelder. The great attraction for commercial printers as the method developed was that images could be made available quickly...


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encyclopedia articles on: Senefelder Aloys  - 3 results

 
 
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Senefelder, Aloys
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SENEFELDER, ALOYS a lous za n fel d r, a lois, 1771 1834, German lithographer, b. Prague. Senefelder invented lithography in Munich c.1796. In 1818 he published a full account of the nature and the history of his invention. The English translation...
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Lithography
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...processes, where grained metal or plastic plates are employed). The process was invented c.1796 by the playwright Aloys Senefelder , and the Bavarian limestone that he employed is still considered the best material for art lithography. The slab...
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Printing
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Lithography The third kind of printing, lithography , also known as planographic printing, was devised by Aloys Senefelder. Flat stones were the first lithographic plates and are still used, although a variety of thin metal, plastic, and...


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