The Linoleum sheet, made with cork powder and linseed oil, was invented by Englishman Frederick Walton. The sheet was primarily used as a floor mat or a substitute for wallpaper in theatres. From the ...
From the 1890s, European artists used it to make printed pictures that came to be called linocuts. The medium was used as a substitute for the age-old woodcut, which is relatively laborious to make.