GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST Pencil Signed~ ROME, PROMENADE ~ Etching 1912 LISTED ARTIST

Description: A very fine early German Modernist print rendered in etching and drypoint by Berlin Secessionist artist Hans Meid (1883–1957). The print is titled Monte Pincio IV and depicts horses, carriages and pedestrians promenading on a boulevard at Rome's Pincian Hill. Good sized, the image measures 6 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches, sheet size is approx. 12 1/2 x 18 inches. It is printed on fine wove cream color paper, has a couple of tiny spots in the margins and a bit of tape residue to the top reverse corners, otherwise excellent condition. Signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist in the lower margin as well as marked "probedruck", equivalent to 'artist's proof, it is also signed and dated in the plate. Another impression of this print is in the permanent collection of the Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University: https://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/7554/monte-pincio-iv Hans Meid (1883–1957) studied in the city of Karlsruhe at the Kunstgewerbeschule and the Art Academy, where he became a student of the impressionist Wilhelm Trübner (1851-1917) and the realist Walter Conz (1872-1947). In 1907 the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory hired him as a designer; In 1908 he gave up this activity and settled in Berlin as a freelance artist. His success can be seen in the Villa Romana Prize (1910) and membership in the Berlin Secession (1911). In 1919, Meid became a teacher for etching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. In 1927 he was elected a full member of the Prussian Academy of Arts , where he also ran a master studio for graphics from 1934. He created 6 etchings for the first print of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's one-act play The Annoyances in the magazine Marsyas . in 1948 he accepted a call to the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart , where he taught until 1951. In 1953 the University made him an honorary member. In 1956, Meid received the Hans Thoma Prize from the state of Baden-Württemberg.

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