Currier and Ives artist study

 This week's artist study is on Currier and Ives.   Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives were partners based in New York City from 1834-1907.  They mass-produced copies of fine art paintings through the process of lithography, where black and white prints were made and then hand colored by artists in assembly-line fashion.  They produced and sold over 1 million prints, making art affordable for everyday American families to own and enjoy.

So today in class, this assembly-line fashion was used.  Each student colored in their assigned portion of the picture and then passed it to the next student.  Very clever!

Here are a few original works by Currier and Ives from Wikipedia.