Artist: George Baxter (1804 - 1867)
Nationality: British
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Media: Printmaking
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Biography:
English printmaker, George Baxter patented the first color printing method in 1835. Incorporating the aquatint method, the process involved superimposing the colors using wooden blocks. The process gained popularity and was widely useful in producing replications of paintings. Despite its usefulness, Baxter’s process did not generate a great a deal of wealth for its inventor as other firms were hired to carry out the actual creation of the prints. By the time of Baxter’s death, he was in poverty and lithography became the preferred method of making color prints.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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George Baxter, No. 52, 19th century
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George Baxter, The Day Before Marriage, 1854
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George Baxter, And On The Third Day He Rose Again, 19th century
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George Baxter, On The Third Day He Rose Again, 19th century
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George Baxter, The Benediction, 19th century
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George Baxter, So Nice, 19th century
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George Baxter, St. John, 19th century
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George Baxter, Untitled, 19th century
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George Baxter, Untitled, 19th century
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George Baxter, Untitled, 19th century
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George Baxter, News of the Metropolis, 19th century
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George Baxter, News From Australia, 19th century
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George Baxter, Charge Of The Troops, 19th century
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George Baxter, Prince Consort, 19th century
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George Baxter, Descent From The Cross, 19th century
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George Baxter, Her Majesty At Windsor, 19th century
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George Baxter, The Spanish Lovers, 19th century
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George Baxter, Osborne House, 19th century
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George Baxter, Untitled/Royal Procession?, 19th century
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George Baxter, The Gate of Justice The Alhambra, 19th century
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George Baxter, Christ"s Charge to Peter, 19th century
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George Baxter, Untitled/Ships on the shore, 19th century
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George Baxter, Christ"s Charge to Peter, 19th century
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William Baxter Palmer Closson, American, 1848-1926 Tree-Day Guests at Wellesley College about 1915 Oil on
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Robert Baxter, Folding Linen III, 1985
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Glen Baxter, The Fourth Time, 1984
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William Baxter Palmer Closson, American, 1848-1926 Mrs. David P. Kimball (Clara Bertram) about 1890 Pastel
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Robert Baxter, Folding Linen Iv, 1984
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Robert Baxter, Folding Linen, 1981
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Author B. F. Gandee, English, 19th century Frontispiece designed by George Baxter, English, 1804-1867 The
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Iain Baxter, Color/Language Participatory Etching, 1979
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Iain Baxter, Coit Tower from the set, Reflected San Francisco Beauty Spots, 1979
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Iain Baxter, Pyramid Building, from the set Reflected San Francisco Beauty Spots, 1979
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William Croxford Edwards, Richard Baxter, 19th century
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Iain Baxter, Golden Gate Bridge from the set, Reflected San Francisco Beauty Spots, 1979
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Iain Baxter, Buddha, Golden Gate Park from the set, Reflected San Francisco Beauty Spots, 1979
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William Baxter Palmer Closson, American, 1848-1926 Preparing for the Pageant about 1915 Oil on paperboard
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George Biddle, George Santayana (profile), 1952
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George Romney, George, First Marquis of Townshend, 1792
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George Vertue, Sr. George Lisle, General, 17th - 18th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Komaneka Gallery: Patterns of Identity: Artists Experience Bali
Patterns of Identity will explore the use of patterns and repetition in Balinese traditional textiles and contemporary art to locate identities, individual, social and national. The participating artists include: Dewa Putu Mokoh
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Glenbow: 2001: An Art Odyssey
Explore the diversity of contemporary art, with works ranging from paintings to video work; from mail art to internet-based work; from sculpture to a work made from honeycomb and beeswax. The exhibition features over 30 artists, including a wi...
National Gallery of Canada: Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts appoints an independent peer jury of artists and arts professionals from across Canada to select the winners of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governo...
City Gallery Wellington: Gerda Leenards: Fjords Mists and Vapour
The works in Fjords mists & vapour are paintings in which time and space are hauntingly altered. Hills appear like veils and mist weighs heavily on the landforms. Like all Leenards’ work the series is an exploration of ‘landscape’ in a general sen...

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