georges visat

Born in 1910 and died in 2001, Georges Visat was a French engraver, publisher and painter. On the eve of the Second World War, he founded his intaglio printing company in Paris, whose activities resumed upon his return from captivity. The engraving reproductions by George Bracques enabled him to invent a new technique, relief engraving, which was taken up by many artists, including his friend Max Ernst. In the 1960s, he became an art publisher and helped disseminate the work of many artists, such as Hans Bellmer, Alberto Giacometti and Roberto Matta. He devoted the last part of his life to painting.