Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and titled in the plate, and titled in pencil at bottom of sheet, as was common with Eckener prints. Very nice impression of this image of a farm at the edge of a canal in Altendeich, Germany circa 1905. Shee in in excellent condition.
Eckener studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, from 1888 to 1892. After graduating, he returned to his home town and became part of the Ekensund Artists' Colony. In 1899, he went to Stuttgart and was accepted by the State Academy of Fine Arts. There, he was a master student of Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth. After 1908, he taught at that Academy himself and was named a Professor in 1912.
His older brother, Hugo Eckener, commanded the airship Graf Zeppelin on its first flight...
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Early 20th Century Land Pat Service Prints and Multiples