Au bal des Etudiants - Lithography and its Evolution

Lithography, which emerged at the end of the 18th century as the third printmaking technique after woodcut and copperplate engraving, is showcased in a new exhibition at the Hambi Engraving Museum in Platanistia.

The exhibition, titled "Lithography and Its Evolution", curated by Hélène Reeb, initially presents single-stone lithographs (19th-21st century), monochrome and hand-coloured with stencil or brush.

This is followed by the first colour lithographs, two-colour, printed in the second quarter of the 19th century, and then multicolour lithographs, usually called chromolithographs.

From the 19th century, many lithographic workshops replaced the bulky and expensive lithographic stones with thin sheets of zinc or aluminium.

The exhibition at the Hambi Engraving Museum features a fine collection of zincographs. Photolithographs and offset lithographs, as well as monotypes, are also on display.

The exhibition presents important works by artists from many countries, including Eugène Delacroix, Honoré Daumier, François Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dimitrios Galanis, Hap Grieshaber, Alekos Fassianos, Panagiotis Tetsis, Dimitris Alithinos.

The other artists whose works are on display are:

Hippolyte Bellangé & Louis Stanislas, Louis Henri Rudder & Bernard-Romain Julien, Joseph-Rose Lemercier, Paul Gavarni (Sulpice-Guillaume Chevallier, Joséphine Ducollet, Théophile Steinlen, Victor Prouvé, Willi Baumeister, Nota Siotropou, Christos Christou, Aristeidis Patsoglou, Panagiotis Pasantas, Hidayet Üstün, O’galop (Marius Rossillon), William Simpson & Edmond Morin, David Teniers II & Johan Wölfle, William Husband MACFARLANE, Pavel SEMECHKIN, Max TILKE, Hippolyte LECOMTE & Godefroy Engelmann, Sarantis Karavouzis, Gioulika Lakeridou, Alexander Chebotarev, Eduardo Arroyo, Chataignon & Werner, Philippe Benoist, Viko (Victor Konsens), Bengt Lindström, John Corbidge, Christodoulos Galtemis, Mihoko Sekigughi, Giorgos Varlamos, Paris Prekas, Hastaire (Claude Hilaire), Stavri Kalinov, Gaston Ventrillon, Lydie ARICKS, Glyn Hughes, Paul Lacroix, Alfred Lemercier, Andreas Charalambides, Hambis, Katia Savvidou.

The works in the exhibition come from museum purchases and donations.

The Museum thanks the donors: A. Nikolas, W. Khaddage, E. Gounari, K. Serezis, S. Karavouzis, G. Lakeridou, Ch. Tsangaris, N. Mastropavlos, E. Charalampous, P. Pasantas, the Russian Archaeological Mission, G. Tsangaris, Zacharias Gallery, M. Sekiguchi, R. Michaelides.

The exhibition will remain open until December.

Winter hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-17:00

Summer hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-18:00.

During the same period, the exhibition below will also be open at the Museum with the same hours:

Ex-Libris, with works from the 18th century to the present day.

Exhibit captions:

1. Eugène Delacroix - Steenie poursuivi par un lutin à cheval, 1829 & 1841

2. Anonymous Hellenic Pantheon - The Ethnomartyr Kyprianos 1926

3. Anonymous - The strong and brave lad Anika fights, 1862

4. David Teniers II & Johan Wölfle - Die Bauernhochzeit 1850-1880

5. Bengt Lindström - Untitled 1960-1980

6. Hastaire - L'actualité de Goya II 1991

7. François Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec - Au bal des étudiants 1901