When lithography was invented (circa 1796 by Aloys Senefelder), initial users could scarcely fathom what would come of the technique. As a matter of fact, for the first few decades of its existence only a handful of artists used it in a truly creative way. It was mostly used as a means to reproduce accurately. It took a few decades for lithographs as artistic objects to gain some recognition, and another few for color to become part of that canon. Initially used for ephemera, such as announcements, color lithography quickly became the technique of commercial poster production. Fine art color lithography took a little while longer to develop. The first artists to really use lithography in color to express themselves were Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and René Georges Hermann-Paul, circa 1890. But just a few years later, the recognition they had fought for was gained, and a plethora of artist all over the Western Hemisphere were practicing this most flexible of artistic printmaking technique. Here are some of the great examples we have found over the years.
Sold
"La Mée (Eure-sur-Loir)" Color lithograph on chine-colle, 1897.Ref: Bibliothèque Nationale - IFF 27.Total edition of 60, of which 20 with remarque....
View full details
Sold
Elle était plus belle que les rêves (original French title)Color lithograph on thin wove chine paper, 1898. Reference: Una Johnson 32. From the ar...
View full details
Sold
Lithograph printed in bistre and a rose tint on white paper mounted on thick simili-japon paper.Plate 5, with the Wheat Heads remarque (FR: épis de...
View full details
Lithograph printed in 12 colors on smooth wove paper.Reference: Field pg 77.Plate 5 from the series of 8 lithographs titled Paysages Parisiens.Prin...
View full details
Sold
L’Averse (original French title) Lithograph printed in color on smooth wove paper, 1902.Reference: Fields page 77.Plate 7 from the series titled La...
View full details
Sold
A Travers Champs (original French title) Color lithograph printed on China paper.From the portfolio Landscapes and Interiors - Paysages et Intérieu...
View full details
Le Vieux Moulin à Loguivy (original French title) Lithograph printed in 12 colors on smooth wove paper.References: Fields page 79; Le Stum page 80...
View full details
Sold
La Promenade or Les Cypresses or Les Cyprès (original French titles) Color lithograph printed on chine collé.Reference: Una Johnson 27.As published...
View full details
Sold
Lithograph printed in light gray and sepia on wove paper.Plate 5 with the "Wheat Head" remarque, from the series of 8 prints for the portfolio titl...
View full details
Color lithograph on thin wove paper. Reference: Fields 378. New Year's which the Auriol household did for about two decades. This one a color trial...
View full detailsPlease sign up for our newsletter
Email: info@armstrongfineart.com
Phone: 773-887-6776
1200 West 35th Street, #186
Chicago, IL 60609
Copyright © 2025 Armstrong Fine Art.
Development by Alo Agency. Powered by Shopify
