Linocut

Since the material being carved has no directional grain and does not tend to split, it is easier to obtain certain artistic effects with lino than with most woods, although the resultant prints lack the often angular grainy character of woodcuts. Lino is generally much easier to cut than wood, especially when heated, but the pressure of the printing process degrades the plate faster and it is difficult to create larger works due to the material's lack of rigidity. Because of its ease of use, linocut is widely used in schools to introduce children to the art of printmaking, allowing them to complete many tasks in the art lesson rather than reaching for the pencil and eraser. Similarly, non-professional artists often cut lino rather than wood for printing. Nevertheless, in the contemporary art world, the linocut is an established professional print medium because of its extensive use by artists of the Expressionist art movement, the Grosvenor School, and by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. == Emergence of the technique in America ==

of the Grosvenor School group, 1930. "Linoleum art" was first displayed in New York City in 1911 by the Czech émigré Vojtěch Preissig. In his publications on linocuts (1926–29) the respected American printmaker, Pedro Joseph de Lemos, simplified the methods for art schools and introduced new techniques for color linocuts, including the printing of the key block first. The first large-scale color linocuts made by an American artist were created by Walter Inglis Anderson, and exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in 1949. ==Selected artists==

. , 37 × 47 cm. • Josef Albers, German • Peeter Allik, Estonian • Valenti Angelo, American printmaker and illustrator • Walter Inglis Anderson American • Sybil Andrews English-Canadian • Hans Anton Aschenborn, German • Torsten Billman, Swedish • Emma Bormann, Austrian • Gail Brodholt, English • Horace Brodzky, Australian/British artist • Angel Botello, Spanish-Puerto Rican artist • Margaret Burroughs, American artist • Elizabeth Catlett, American artist • Carlos Cortez, American poet and artist • David Call, American Deaf artist • Stanley Donwood, British artist • Yvonne Drewry, English artist • Janet Doub Erickson, American printmaker and artist • M. C. Escher, Dutch artist • Bill Fick, American printmaker and illustrator • Folly Cove Designers American design collective • Angela Harding, English artist • Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian/American • William Kermode, Australian • Gaga Kovenchuk, Russian • Henri Matisse, French painter • Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter • Cyril Edward Power, English artist • Everett Ruess, American • Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German printmaker and painter • John Shaw, American/Canadian painter and printmaker • Irena Sibley, Australian • James Blanding Sloan, American • Ethel Spowers, Australian printmaker • Ken Sprague, English artist • Frank Weitzel, New Zealand • Hannah Tompkins, American • Tom Hazelmyer, American • Gwen Frostic, American • Vanessa Lubach, British • Paweł Brodzisz, Polish artist • Elizabeth Catlett, Mexican American artist • Chittaprosad Bhattacharya, Indian ==See also==