Albert Welti

 

[1862-1912]

St. George Slays the Dragon

 

Engraving by Swiss Symbolist Artist Albert Welti.

This work has a handwritten annotation "Albert Welti 1920" which is after the artists death. It may therefore be a reprint made in 1920 (probably from the original plate.) Or it may be that the annotation was made by an earlier owner and is erroneous.

 

 

Albert Welti's work is in the collections of major Swiss museums and the subject of several books and was recently featured in the exhibit "1900, Symbolism and Art Nouveau in Swiss Painting" in the city of Sion.

After studying photography in Lausanne, Albert Welti traveled to Munich to study at the Munich Academy of Art. Following a stay in Venice, he became a student of one of Switzerland's most original 19th Century artists, Arnold Boecklin. Boecklin, master of a magical world of nymphs and satyrs, had a profound influence on Welti. Latter Welti studied the art of engraving with Peter Halm, the Bernese artist. The last years of his life were dedicated to painting the Salle du Conseil des Etats (Ständeratssaals) in the Swiss Parliament in Berne.

Welti was a very close friend of Hermann Hesse, author of Siddartha and Steppenwolf. Their friendship dated to their time together in Munich. Following Welti's death in 1921, Hesse and his family moved into the Welti's house in Bern, Switzerland and it was there that Hesse wrote many of his later works.

 

 

Platemark Dimensions: 23. 5 X 40 cm

 

Conditions: Sheet has light age toning and a few spots in the outer margins. Otherwise nice and clean.

 

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