Lumiere dans les Ténèbres
c. 1945-1950
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etching and aquatint
Dimensions
image: 540 x 400 mm paper: 762 x 559 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.2289
Art Historical Context
**Lumiere dans lesénèbres (Light in the Darkness)**Created by Terry Haass around 1945-1950, this evocative print captures a poignant moment of contrast and emergence. Produced in the immediate aftermath of World War II the title evokes themes of hope piercing through despair, resonating with the's global recovery from conflict and devastation. Haass, working in etching and aquatint,fully renders light's triumph over shadow, inviting viewers to reflect on resilience amid turmoil. Etching involves incising lines into a metal plate with acid for precise, delicate marks, while aquatint adds textu...
About the Artist
Terry Haass
Terry Haass (1923–2016) was a Czech-born French printmaker and painter who became one of the most technically accomplished and poetically inventive graphic artists working in postwar Paris. Born in Prague, she experienced the upheavals of the Second World War before ultimately settling in France, where she built a long and distinguished career at the center of the international printmaking communi...