Hans Figura - Original Etching on Silk - Alpine Scene w/ Chalet

Offered here is an original etching on silk by well known Austrian artist Hans Figura, circa 1950s or '60s.  Image measures 6 5/8 x x 6 1/4 inches.  Print is signed lower right.  Includes simple mat and framing with overall size of 13 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches.

Condition is very good.

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Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978)

painter and etcher who was well known for his aquatint etchings on paper or satin of European and American landscape and cityscape scenes, as well as paintings of landscape & cityscape scenes, Tyrolean Alp scenes of villages & chalets, street scenes, harbor & marine scenes etc.  He was born in a small town near the Austro-Hungarian border, and as a young man, he served as an officer in the Austrian Army during WWI. After the war he attended medical school for several years but eventually decided that he preferred the arts to medicine.  During the 1920's-30's, he made numerous art study trips throughout Europe and the United States, and within the course of his career, he had exhibited in many of the large cities there and abroad.

Source: Meibohm Fine Arts