International Senefelder Foundation Marks Its 40th Anniversary

The spirit of the time—Classicism followed by Romanticism—called for the presentation of ancient museum pieces in catalogs as well as the large-scale reproduction of landscape paintings for private salons. The new printing method could cater to these demands.

Lithographic printing also came to play an important role in the art world. As an artistic technique, it has changed little since its discovery. Lithography continues to give painters a good deal of freedom and countless possibilities for variation in their work. The history of lithography is closely linked with the names of important artists, such as Francisco de Goya, Honoré Daumier, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edvard Munch, Paul Cézanne, Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde and Käthe Kollwitz. Well known artists from Pablo Picasso to Salvador Dalí round off this list.