A Center of Innovation
Atelier 17 was a revolutionary institution that shaped the direction of modernism and the graphic arts across its 61-year history between 1927 and 1988 with studio locations in Paris and New York City.
The workshop was a vital center of intellectual and artistic exchange for Surrealist artists in interwar Paris and for the exploration of abstraction and other modernist modes after World War II.
Atelier 17 at 17, rue Campagne-Première (Paris, France), ca. 1935-39. Courtesy Joan Peterdi.
Thousands of artists from a diverse international community were drawn to working at Atelier 17 because its founder, Stanley William Hayter, and studio members conceived of printmaking in revolutionary ways.
For them, printmaking was an experiment:
not simply a tool for reproducing other artworks—such as paintings or drawings—or making multiple copies of an image.
Artist Roster
The list below represents known artists who were at Atelier 17 across its locations in Paris and New York. The studio did not consistently maintain a student registration book, and the list is definitely incomplete. The basis comes from Joann Moser’s Atelier 17 (1977), with significant additions.
Don’t see yourself or someone you know? Please contact us to add a name to the roster.
The roster below is also available to view in Google Sheets,
where you can more easily sort and search for artists.