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Manuel Robbe

Manuel Robbe (1872 - 1936) was active/lived in France.  Manuel Robbe is known for Female figure-"la belle epoque" era painting, etching.

A Paris-born painter and printmaker, Manuel Robbe was noted for his experimental approach to printmaking, and during his career created more than 200 aquatints and drypoints.  He was a great technician, "inventing a technique known as "sugar-life" which gave his prints a startling subtlety. Robbe's technique was developed over several phases.  He printed his design with a mixture of sugar, India ink and gum Arabic, on his zinc plate.  This was followed by heating the plate and working with the soft-ground etching process until the desired result was achieved. Finally, Robbe painted the subject on the zinc plate with an oil paint brush.  For this process he used a special brush made of rags, which was called 'a la poupée' (with a doll).  This process was used by French engravers of the 18th century.  In completing his image, Robbe used his fingers to play with the tone on the zinc plate, whereby many of these color prints appear completely uni   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3220 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Manuel Robbe

A Paris-born painter and printmaker, Manuel Robbe was noted for his experimental approach to printmaking, and during his career created more than 200 aquatints and drypoints.  He was a great technician, "inventing a technique known as "sugar-life" which gave his prints a startling subtlety. Robbe's technique was developed over several phases.  He printed his design with a mixture of sugar, India ink and gum Arabic, on his zinc plate.  This was followed by heating the plate and working with the soft-ground etching process until the desired result was achieved. Finally, Robbe painted the subject on the zinc plate with an oil paint brush.  For this process he used a special brush made of rags, which was called 'a   ...  Displaying 750 of 3220 characters.

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