judith rothchild

Judith Rothchild, an American painter-printmaker, has lived and worked in the south of France since 1974. Drawing lies at the heart of her practice, a way to achieve harmony with the world. After years devoted to vivid pastel work, she discovered mezzotint in 1996, a technique she regards as pure drawing. Since then, she has created hundreds of plates and 42 artist’s books with her partner, Mark Lintott, published by Éditions Verdigris. Exhibited in Paris, across Europe, and in the United States, her works are distinguished by the painstaking search for light emerging from the velvety surface of copper, built up in successive layers until achieving a “super-reality.” For Rothchild, mezzotint is closely tied to the book, where its texture is best appreciated. Over the past decade, she has also created large-scale square Conté drawings from life, reconnecting with open space and fresh air.