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Erich Wolsfeld
Galizischer Bletter . Original Etching by Erich Wolsfeld - 1915

1915

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Galizischer Bletter is a fine black and white etching on cream-colored paper, realized by Erich Wolfsfeld ( Krojanke, 1884 - London, 1956). From the portfolio Freunde Graphischer Kunst, Leipzig, 1915. In excellent condition, with the original cream-colored cardboard passepartout included with the drystamp of the publishing house logo "III. s" at the center on lower margin. A little rip on the lower right corner of the passepartout. This modern original print representing a street homeless begging demonstrates a great human and pictorial sensibility and surely is an artwork conceived in his Roman period when this kind of subjects was frequent. Erich Wolfsfeld (Krojanke, 1884 - London, 1956). Erich Wolfsfeld learned to etch in the studio of Hans Meyer, From 1907 worked in Rome, where he met Otto Greiner, and painted Italian street beggars. In 1905 was commissioned by the Prussian government to make etched copies of byzantine frescoes in the classical ruins of Priene, for a report, now disappeared, on the excavations. In 1911 won the Kaiser Wilhelm Gold Medal for his picture The Archers, his success was growing. At the outbreak of the First World War he spent two years in the army as an officer, during which time he studied the wounded soldiers as subjects of his art. The war and the Nazi regime forced Wolsfeld out of Germany and he settled in England in 1939. In 1953 Derby Museum and Art Gallery gave him a solo show. His works are preserved in the majour museums as the British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Imperial War Museum, Ferens Art Gallery in Hull, Germanisches National Museum in Nuremburg, Albertina in Vienna, Gambinetto Nazionale della Stampe in Rome, Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York, Israel Museum in Jerusalem and others.
  • Creator:
    Erich Wolsfeld (1884 - 1956)
  • Creation Year:
    1915
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21.46 in (54.5 cm)Width: 17.33 in (44 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Condition:
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  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1016181stDibs: LU65034461812
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