About The Artist:
Raimundo de Oliveira
Raimundo de Oliveira was an engraver, painter, and draftsman. He began his artistic career under the influence of his mother, a religious painter, who encouraged both his drawing and painting, as well as his religious experience. Encouraged by his drawing teacher, he held his first exhibition at the Santanópolis Gymnasium, where he portrayed the school's teachers. After completing high school in 1947, he moved to Salvador, where he...
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About The Medium:
Woodcut
A relief process in which the image is cut in a block of wood with tools such as knives, goughers or chisels. The image is inked with a roller, paper is applied to the surface and the back is then rubbed by hand or with a rubbing tool, transferring the image to the paper.