Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (after) - Le crapaud

Excerpt from the book Picasso lithographe, notice and catalogue established by Fernand Mourlot 1947–1949.
Fernand Mourlot grew up in the family typography workshop, but it was only when he took control in the early 1920s that he would forever change the fabric of printing. His influence sparked a revival of lithography, revealing it as a new path of expression and a new realm of possibilities for artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, and Alberto Giacometti to enrich their own work and art in general. Fernand cultivated lithography as a medium for painters, and the family studio on Rue Chabrol became a gathering place where artists were invited to work directly on the stone, as if they were creating a manifesto. Fernand retired in the mid-1970s, but his name remains to this day synonymous with the revival of lithography.