Siegfried Laboschin, "View of Ostrów Tumski"

Siegfried Laboschin (1868–1929), “View of Ostrów Tumski from the Northeast,” etching on cardboard, dimensions 50.5 x 75 cm (image). Signed and dated on the plate, bottom right: “S.LABOSCHIN/ 09.” Below, on the plate: “Original etching by S. Laboschin-L.Angerer, Berlin, printed by—Verlag von Bruno Richter, Royal Court Art Dealer in Breslau,” and below that, on the right, the title of the work: “Die Dominsel zu Breslau”

Siegfried (Zygfryd) Laboschin (1868, Gniezno–1929, Wrocław)—painter, draftsman, and art critic of Jewish descent. After graduating from high school in Gniezno, Laboschin moved to Berlin, where he studied in private studios (1887–1889), and then began studying at the Akademie der Künste and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. In 1892, he settled in Wrocław, where he founded his own art school. He specialized in landscapes and cityscapes and was a highly regarded creator of bookplates. For 20 years, he edited the art section of the *Breslauer Zeitung*.