About The Artist:
Paul Geissler
Born June 25, 1881, Erfurt, Germany, where his father was a gardener. Studies drawing under the painter Sondermann. Attends the Arts and Craft School in Erfurt for 4 years. Studied at the Grand-Ducal School of Arts in Weimar, Germany, under Max Thedy, 1903. Receives commissions for paintings from the German Empress and a Russian grand-duke. Gives up painting and specializes on etchings, the art he likes best. Works on large etchings in Paris,...
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About The Medium:
Etching
The printing process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In traditional pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where they want a line to appear in the finished piece, exposing the bare metal. The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper (often moistened to soften it). The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print.
