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Grattage (literally "scratching", "scraping") is a technique in surrealist painting which consists of "scratching" fresh paint with a sharp blade.[1][2]
In this technique, one typically attempts to scratch and remove the chromatic pigment spread on a prepared support (the canvas or other material)[3] in order to move the surface and make it dynamic.[4] Incorporate the technique of grattage in the painting in order to create a strong sense of texture or pattern on the surface of the picture plane.[5]
This technique was used by Max Ernst,[6][7] Joan Miró,[8] and later by informal artists.
- ^ "Grattage – Art Term". Tate. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ M. A. Caws, Mary Ann Caws, Surrealism, Phaidon Press, 2004
- ^ Carlo Pirovano, La Pittura in Italia: Il Novecento, Volumi 1–2, Electa, 1992
- ^ Marina Pugliese, Tecnica mista. Com'è fatta l'arte del '900, Bruno Mondadori, 2012
- ^ Jean Robertson, Craig McDaniel, Painting as a Language: Material, Technique, Form, Content, Harcourt College Publishers, 2000
- ^ M. E. Warlick, Max Ernst and Alchemy: A Magician in Search of Myth, University of Texas Press, 2013
- ^ Peter Stockwell, The Language of Surrealism, Macmillan International Higher Education, 2016
- ^ Giulio Carlo Argan, Studi sul surrealismo, Volume 1, Officina, 1977