Note Cards By Dominican Artist From Japan
Albert Carpentier, O.P., Internationally known printmaker, was born in Belgium in 1918, and ordained a Dominican priest in 1944. He has worked as a missionary and artist in Japan for 45 years and stands in a long tradition of Dominican artists. An Exhibition of his works entitled "Beauty Rising in the East: The Artistic Vision of Albert Carpentier, O.P." has toured the United States.
Albert Carpentier has a strikingly unique approach to printmaking. Similar to a woodcut process, he uses a one millimeter thick paper called "Ibou" in which to make his "paper prints." His technique involves engraving, cutting and peeling away layer by layer of the thick paper, to achieve the printed results he is seeking. The technique is deftly handled to create his richly varied liturgical and genre imagery. His background in stained glass making is reflected in his printed compositions, which utilize bold black coupled with areas of solid color in a rainbow of hues. His prints instruct while they celebrate religion and life.
One finds in Albert Carpentier a complete man who is at home in Europe and Asia, who has devoted his life to Jesus Christ and yet lives among Buddhist and Shinto beliefs, and who has created an art that captures humanity from primitive times to the twentieth century.
A number of original prints are available for sale. Interested individuals should contact the Carpentier Art Collection to make arrangements to see the prints which are available.
A selection of his prints have been reproduced into note cards and have been made available through the auspices of the Dominicans, Province of St. Albert the Great, U..S.A. The color reproductions are printed on high quality linen finish paper and are suitable for framing. In addition there are several cards done in the original Black & White style.
NOTE CARDS
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Carpentier Art Collection
204 S Humphrey Ave
Oak Park, IL 60302-3327
(708) 445-8847
FAX (708) 445-0581
Email: carpentier@dominicans.org