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Dirk Harting (1884-1970) was almost exclusively a graphic artist and a skilled etcher.
He also engraved stamps and bookplates, made lithographs and drawings, and occasionally watercolors as well as oil paintings. Harting reached great heights in the Dutch graphic tradition. His adage was: "I want an etching to truly be a print, not a disguised painting or the imitation of a watercolor." His etchings reveal the artistry of the craft itself, his personal vision of reality. For his etching of the Grimnessersluis lock in Amsterdam near Rokin, Harting received the Willink van Collen Prize in 1913. Five years later, he received a silver medal from the city of Utrecht for his famous etching of the Amerfoorte Church of Our Lady.
He was a pupil of Pieter Dupont and Willem Witsen.