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Gorgeous Handcolored Framed Engraving on Silk of St Bartholomew Church by Ernst Geissendoerfer Germany Measures 16-1/2" x 14-3/4" Ernst Geissendorfer: A twentieth century German painter & etcher, Ernst Geissendorfer studied art techniques in Nuremberg. in the decade of the 1930's he travelled & worked extensively, both in Europe & the United States. At the end of the Second World War (1945), Geissendorfer returned to live in Rothenburg & assumed control of the family art gallery there. Besides creating many fine works of art, Ernst Geissendorfer served as Town Councillor of Rothenburg during the 1960's. Before World War Two, Ernst Geissendorfer usually produced small, uncoloured etchings. After 1950, however, he created much larger etchings to which he applied hand-colouring. "Rothenburg ob der Tauber" (Rothenburg over the Tauber) dates from this latter period. Gorgeous Handcolored Framed Engraving On Silk Of St Bartholomew Church By Ernst Geissendoerfer Germany
