Learn why one lithographic is more important than the next one.
Visit museums and galleries and look for prints of significance. Research the artist - did they allow the creation of numerous lithographs or just a handful? This will affect price and scarcity. The choice is huge - abstract art, birds, animals, portraits, pen-and-ink drawings. Many of the great artists have created lithographs including Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edvard Munch, Edgar Degas, Joan Miró, Francisco Goya, Eugène Delacroix, Grant Wood, Jasper Johns and David Hockney.Īs always with books, buy and collect the prints you love rather than accumulate to make money. Leading artists worked with leading printers and it became a staple of fine art printing. The 19th century saw the lithographic process become established after a period of experimentation and learning, but lithography really took in the 20th century with Paris leading the way. 1965 Jean Capdeville Derriere le Miroir Lithograph
