Carl Friedrich Kappstein

Kappstein, Carl Friedrich

German painter and graphic artist (1869-1933). Autograph quotation signed. Triest. 24.05.1914. Oblong 8vo (postcard). 1 page.
$ 195 / 180 € (84494/BN55000)

Inscribed to the German dermatologist Alwin Scharlau: "Auf einer Studienreise nach Dalmatien und Corfu begriffen, finde ich nicht mehr Zeit als für diese Zeilen! [...]". - Although best known for his animal paintings and still lifes, Kappstein was also an dedicated lithographer, teaching at the Royal Technical University of Charlottenburg from 1905 and publishing a handbook on this technique in 1910. - A few small ink spots. Self-addressed by the collector on the reverse. The Mecklenburg physician Scharlau (b. 1888) assembled a collection of artists' autographs by personal application.

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