The prints

As an engraver, Jean Delpech was as talented as he is tireless. During the War, he produced over a hundred engravings, some of them scenes of everyday life and other works of pure imagination. The artist distinguished between photographs, which reproduce dull versions of reality in his eyes, and prints, in which rearrangement of their various components give meaning to compositions. 

A versatile artist, he was equally skilled at turning out engravings inspired by Dürer and large-format woodcuts. He also stands out for his highly personal monotype prints. He used this printing process, which does not involve engraving, to produce two or three copies, which he then touched up liberally with gouache, watercolour and ink highlights, creating atypical works halfway between print and drawing.