Karl Stauffer-Bern

Portrait of the Artist, Peter Halm

Karl Stauffer-Bern's original etching & drypoint engraving, "Portrait of the Artist, Peter Halm" is printed upon fine hand-made, laid, watermarked paper and with large, full margins as commissioned and published by Pan around 1890. This impression bears the publisher's address and the printed words, "Peter Halm, OriginalRadierung (Etching)" along the lower margin. Portrait of the Artist, Peter Halm is a superb, original example of the famous etched art created by tke German artist, Karl Stauffer-Bern.

Original Etching & Drypoint Engraving by the German artist, Karl Stauffer-Bern.

Portrait of the Artist, Peter Halm

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Title:	Portrait of the Artist, Peter Halm
Artist:	Stauffer-Bern, Karl (Bern, 1857 - Florence, Italy, 1891)
Date:	c. 1890
Medium:	Original Etching & Drypoint Engraving
Publisher:	Pan, Berlin
Note:	"Stauffer commenced as a portrait-painter and etcher. He was a sculptor at heart, but unfortunately he did not find that out much before the calamity befell him which ended his life. The wearisome, torturing process of elaborating his own ideal, of finding the direction in which his technical talent and the bent of his genius lay, was all evolved in the field of etching. He had a keen eye for form, loved to follow each slight elevation and depression, and continually sought for the best means towards a full and conscientious expression of form." *
	Karl Stauffer-Bern: Despite his few years, Karl Stauffer-Bern led a very eventful life and emerged as one of Germany's finest etchers of the late nineteenth century. He first studied art at the Academy of Munich, under Loefftz. At this time he also took individual instructions in etching techniques under his friend and fellow artist, Peter Halm. By 1880 Karl Stauffer-Bern had moved to Berlin to complete his studies and open a studio. In the following year Max Klinger (1857-1920) also moved to Berlin. These two great, young etchers soon became close friends.
	During his career Karl Stauffer-Bern etched the portraits of such famous contemporaries as Adolph Menzel, Peter Halm and Gustav Freytag. He also became an influential teacher in etching and in 1885 began instructing his most famous student in this field, Kathe Kollwitz. Today the art of Karl Stauffer-Bern is included in public collections in Berlin, Berne and Geneva.
	This original etching and engraving entitled Portrait of the Artist, Peter Halmwas commissioned by the German fine arts publisher, Pan. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Pan published both articles on and original prints by Germany's finest artists.
	Peter Halm (Mainz, 1854 - Munich, 1923) belongs to the first rank of late nineteenth and early twentieth century German etchers. His remarkable creativity influenced an entire generation of artists and helped to raise the graphic arts in Germany to a level equal to any nation in the world. A master of landscapes, portraits and figure studies, Halm's original etchings remain a cornerstone of late nineteenth century art.
	Born in Mainz, Peter Halm's artistic education began at the Polytechnikum in Darnstadt. From 1875 to 1882 he was a student at the Kunstakademie, Munich, under both Raab and Loefftz. In 1895 he was appointed Professor of Etching at the Munich Academy, a position he held until his death. From this influential post, Halm taught many of Germany's finest printmakers of the early twentieth century.
	Peter Halm's first published etching dates from 1883. In the following decades he etched many scenes in Germany, France and Italy. Like Whistler (with whom he has often been compared), Halm etched most of his plates directly from nature, lending a freshness and spontaneity to his work. Major museums in Germany, England, France and the United States include examples of his fine etchings in their permanent collections.
Reference:	* Charles Holme, ed., Modern Etching and Engraving, London, The Studio, 1902, p. 1 (In, Hans W. Singer, "Modern Etching & Engraving in Germany").
Size:	7 1/2 X 5 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon fine hand-made, laid, watermarked paper and with large, full margins as commissioned and published by Pan. Bearing the publisher's address and the printed words, "Peter Halm, OriginalRadierung (Etching)" along the lower margin. Containing faint foxing in the outer margins (well away from the actual etching) else a strongly printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Portrait of the Artist, Peter Halm represents a superb, original example of the famous etched art of Karl Stauffer-Bern.
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