Identify the artists, who developed a new technique in printmaking known as ‘Viscosity Printing’.
(A) Somnath Hore
(B) Krishna Reddy
(C) K. G. Subramanyan
(D) Stanley William Hyter
(E) Jyoti Bhatt
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (B) and (D) only
Krishna Reddy developed viscosity printing with the printmaker Stanley William Hayter at the studio called ‘Atelier 17’. In this method, different colours go on the same metal plate. Each colour is mixed with linseed oil in a different strength, so the colours do not run into each other.
NCERT (2026-27): “Whirlpool This was a print made by India’s celebrated printmaker Krishna Reddy in 1963. It is a captivating composition created out of various shades of blues. Each colour blends into the other to create a powerful web of design. It is the result of a new technique in printmaking that he developed along with a well-known printmaker, Stanley William Hayter, in the famous studio called ‘Atelier 17’. This method came to be known as ‘viscosity printing’, in which different colours are applied on the same metal printing plate. Each colour is mixed with linseed oil in varied concentration to ensure that colours do not run into each other.…” |