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Over a 70-year career, Barooshian mastered nearly every available printmaking technique, centralizing color intaglio etching and becoming one of the medium‘s most important innovators

Barooshian explored diverse techniques while a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, leaning toward esoteric and symbolist content.

PRINTS 1940s

Barooshian explored diverse techniques while a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, leaning toward esoteric and symbolist content.

PRINTS 1950s
 

Early woodcuts and lithographs gave way to intaglio etching alongside Barooshian's journey to biomorphic surrealism, significantly shaped by his experiences alongside Stanley William Hayter at the renowned Atelier 17 in Paris.

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PRINTS 1960s

Barooshian‘s prints of the 1960s reflected the wild, unpredictable energy of an era marked by social, political, and technological upheaval as captured in Barooshian's mature individual style and unique visual vocabulary.

PRINTS 1970s/1980s

In the 1970s and 1980s, Barooshian shifted to illuminated miniatures, portraits, birds, and included a celebrated Alice in Wonderland portfolio. 

PRINTS 1990s/2000s

Barooshian‘s later prints were frequently composed of joyful themes including dance and music with colorful hand tinting.

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