'On the Lake' After Luigi Kasimir, Etching, Vienna Academy of Art

Description

Signed lower center, in pencil, '(nach) Luigi Kasimir' (Austro-Hungarian, 1881-1962) by a member of the artist's family workshop.
Paper dimensions: … more Signed lower center, in pencil, '(nach) Luigi Kasimir' (Austro-Hungarian, 1881-1962) by a member of the artist's family workshop.
Paper dimensions: 17.5 x 24 inches

Austrian etcher and painter Luigi Kasimir attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under William Unger, who introduced him to colored etching. Kasimir was influenced by Anders Zorn and Karl von Kalckreuth and further studied with Sigmund L'Allemand.

A pioneer in the colored etching technique, Kasimir began exhibiting in 1905 and received critical recognition soon after. Starting with a sketch, usually in pastel, Kasimir then transferred the design by hand on as many as four to six plates and applied the color by hand to each plate. The work of Luigi Kasimir is held in private and public collections throughout the world including in the permanent collections of New York's Metropolitan Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, among others.

Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 7, p. 706; Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 19, p. 582-583; A. Lorenze, Luigi Kasimir, Weiner Verlag, Vienna, 1944; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1935, p. 224; et al. less