Yes, and they were patented. Look for Anna Gasteiger patents and you will see several.
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Durer, also known as the Leonardo of the North, due to his branching off into different fields of study such as Leonardo da Vinci did, was a noted painter, print-maker and theorist. He lived in Nuremberg, Germany and brought the ideas of Renaissance art to Germany from his repeated visits to Italy. These ideas included mathematical perspectives and idealized proportions. However, he was much better known for his prints than his paintings, since most of his paintings were kept private.
A lithograph is a print too, produced from the lithography process and a metal plate. It is the only process to produce prints, so there are no non-lithograph prints to compare lithographs with. Some prints were made from engraved templates centuries ago, and this method is still used for stamps, but nor for prints anymore.
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Manuela Valenti is a self-taught contemporary international artist known for her modern powerful abstract art paintings and impressionist fine art. Valenti was one of the pioneer artists who used the internet to sell her original works and prints to a global market. Valenti currently lives in Michigan from where she offers her art to collectors worldwide.