Hugo ULBRICH, UNIVERSITY OF WROCŁAW

Etching, aquatint, paper, 54.5 x 43 cm, signed on the plate with bound monogram p.d.: HU 1911 and in pencil d.: Universitat zu Breslau, orig. Radierung v. prof. H. Ulbrich. Preserved back of the original binding with a sticker of the antiquarian-framer Bruno Wenzel Breslau.

Graphic artist and illustrator, born in Przerzeczyn Zdrój (Bad Dirsdorf), died in Breslau. He graduated from high school in Dzierżoniów. In the following years he learned the profession of bookseller in Göttingen. He continued his studies at the Berlin academy under Karl Köpping. Commissioned by a museum in Breslau, he made drawings for Hans Lutsch's "Bilderwerk Schlesischer Kunstdenkmäler." In 1894 he settled in Breslau, where he was a professor at the academy there. He traveled throughout Europe and Germany and visited Egypt. The subjects of his works were urban views of Breslau, Danzig, Malbork, Königsberg and landscapes from Egypt, among others.