Paul Geissler (1881 - 1965) Pencil Signed Original Etching "Philadelphia 1928"

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A original vintage etching of Independence Hall in Philadelphia by Paul Geissler. The etching, titled "Philadelphia 1928" is signed in … more A original vintage etching of Independence Hall in Philadelphia by Paul Geissler. The etching, titled "Philadelphia 1928" is signed in pencil "Paul Geissler "lower right. The print is beautifully matted and framed and In very good vintage condition measuring overall framed size 18" x 21".

Paul Geissler was born June 25, 1881 in Erfurt, Germany. He studied drawing with the painter Sondermann and attended the Arts and Craft School in Erfurt for 4 years.

In 1903, he studied at the Grand-Ducal School of Arts in Weimar, Germany, with Max Thedy. He received commissions for paintings from the German Empress and a Russian grand-duke. Subsequently, he gave up painting and specialized in etching, the art he liked best. Geissler worked on large etchings in Paris, 1910-11 and then moved to Munich, Germany in 1912. He served on the board of the Association for Original Etchings, in Munich. He traveled to Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Holland, Austria, France, moving to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany in 1918.

Geissler traveled to the US in 1928. While in America, he created etchings of City Hall, Independence Hall and the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia as well as many etchings of Yale and Princeton. less