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Woodcuts enabled artists to mass-produce images with a distinctive character, used notably by the German Expressionists and in the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition, as well as by European greats like Albrecht D\u00fcrer.
Creating woodcuts enabled artists to produce prints by carving a design into a block of wood, inking the surface, and then pressing paper onto the block to transfer the image. This method of printmaking was used by various cultures and artists, including German Expressionists like Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and the Br\u00fccke group, as well as in the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition. The woodcut technique not only allowed for the mass production of images but also added a distinctive character and vitality to the art, which was appreciated especially for its roughness and expressive quality by groups like the German Expressionists. They found it perfectly aligned with their aesthetic of capturing the energy seen in 'primitive' societies.
In Europe, since around 1400 AD, woodcut printmaking became a significant form of art, with artists like Michael Wolgemut and Albrecht D\u00fcrer later elevating the form. Michael Wolgemut improved the German woodcut around 1475, and Albrecht D\u00fcrer is known for bringing the Western woodcut to an unsurpassed level at the end of the 15th century, thus increasing the status of the single-leaf woodcut.
