favorite engravers of all time???

[ouporblowup]

i get quite a bit of inspiration lookin at your guys awesome works of art

but who is your all time favorite engraver??

ooo

 

[sam]

Winston Churchill, who in my opinion, is the greatest engraver America has ever known.

 

[BrianPowley]

Wow! A question that can be read into many ways.....gonna be a lot of cool opinions.

 

[kcrutche]

Arnold Griebel

You can see some of his work in the Gun Engraving Review, by E. C. Prudhomme, starting on page 15

Ken Crutcher

 

[jerrywh]

i get quite a bit of inspiration lookin at your guys awesome works of art

but who is your all time favorite engraver??

ooo

My favorite engraver is Phil Coggan. There are a few others that are in that class and It is a close call. In my opinion there are less than a dozen in the world in that class. This is kind of like asking who is the most beautiful women. The answer will never be decided.
PS- I think Ron Smith's winchester with Lewis and Clark on it is the most fantastic piece of work I have ever seen in this country.

 

[john pilk]

i agree with sam wloleheartedly.

 

[thughes]

I guess Lynton Mckenzie's stuff was what I grew up thinking engraving should look like. But then you can see a lot of his style in what so many people do, I guess I'm not the only one.

And what Barry Lee Hands is doing now is just incredible. He's got to be one of my current favorites.

 

[JJ Roberts]

My favorite engravers are Winston Churchill and Ron Smith,true artists both. J.J.

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

Ken Hunt came a long long way in his time.
I would venture to say he may have had the largest influence on modern engraving, of any living engraver.

 

[Brian Hochstrat]

Churchill, Coggan, Brown Bros., Fracassi's, Lovenburg, Alfano, are my favorites of their various disciplines, and have had the greatest impact on my work.

 

[Dulltool]

Weldon Lister..... hands down.

 

[monk]

can you say nimschke ? i just love the mans' work.

 

[Neo Dutch]

Andrew, BLH, Lynton McKenzie and Don Blocksidge.

 

[sam]

Weldon Lister..... hands down.

Weldon Lister??!! That Texas varmint??
He's one of my favorites, too!

 

[Carol Carter-Wientjes]

Jeff Parke!

 

[mitch]

Winston Churchill, who in my opinion, is the greatest engraver America has ever known.

when you factor in his versatility and utter mastery of various styles of scroll (virtually inventing a couple), game scenes, and doing it all in lines, dots, or relief, i'd say he's the greatest engraver the world has ever known.

 

[Beathard]

Alfano and Pederson. Although They are great engravers, I picked them for their efforts in teaching others.

 

[dimovengraving]

For me, one of the best engravers for all times, is my teacher Svetozar Raychanov. He unfortunately died shortly (today marks 40 days)
(His work)

 

[Roger Bleile]

I don't like to publically announce who I think is the all time greatest engraving artist because I am aquainted with so many great engravers. However I will say that those who I consider the best of all time are living today. They practice in Europe, the UK, and the USA. We are blessed to have some of the all time greats as members of this forum including the one who I consider to be the master of all masters, Le maître de tous les maîtres, Der Meister aller Meister, Il maestro di tutti i maestri, El maestro de los maestros.

I have the greatest admiration for our predecessors, including Albrecht Dürer, L. D. Nimschke, Harry Kell, Albin Obiltchnig, Johann Singer, Rene Delcour, Louis Vrancken, André Watrin, and Francesco Medici, among others. We are standing on the sholders of giants!

CRB

 

[Dulltool]

Hey Roger,
This is for your "favorite"..... not the all time "greatest" engraver.