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With the invention of the printing press in the 15th century, the reproduction of text-based books also increased. The work of illustrating the books began to accelerate accordingly. In order to reach this speed, painters made their designs on flat surfaced woods and created images with carving tools, and produced many prints from the same image with the molds obtained. On the one hand, while the pictures in the books were reproduced by the painters, on the other hand, ex-libris pictures showing the ownership of these books started to be made. Ex-libris making, which is used as a property indicator in private collections and libraries, has become an important branch of art over time and has been used in areas such as gift giving, exhibitions and competitions. It has also created an international and intercultural connection with activities such as ex-libris competitions, biennials, galleries, exhibitions, museums, which have increased in the last half century. Along with the art of engraving, there have been technical developments in the art of ex-libris. Especially in the 20th century, with the use of soft and easily carved materials such as linoleum, multi-colored ex-libris paintings began to be produced. The progressive color high printing technique, which is performed on wood or linoleum material in the form of the lightest tone of the first layer, the middle tone of the second layer and the darker tones of the last layer, has attracted a great deal of attention in the country as well as abroad. Turkish artists produced many colored ex-libris with wood and linoleum materials, received awards in international competitions with these works, entered museums and private collections, and became popular in the field of books as well as in the art community. In this study, there are examples of the works of Turkish artists who made ex-libris using the Wood Printing (X1) and Linoleum Printing (X3) techniques, which are progressive color high printing techniques. These artists were determined as Hasip Pektaş, Reyhan Elbirliler, Nilgün (İleri) Köseoğlu, Ali Doğan, Melihat Tüzün, Tezcan Bahar and Mehmet Susuz. One of the artists’ works will be given visually and evaluated pictorially and technically. It is expected that this article will contribute to the field of ex-libris made with the progressive color high printing technique in Turkish Ex-libris art.

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