Luigi Kasimir Etching Artist Signed

Luigi Kasimir 1881 – 1962

Luigi Kasimir was born in 1881 in the town of Pettau, at that time a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under William Unger. He also met Tanna Hoernes there who later became his wife.

Luigi inherited his talent from his ancestors, as did his son, Robert; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Hapsburg army, who later became a professional painter.

Kasimir's technique; black and white etchings had been popular for hundreds of years, but Luigi Kasimir was among the first to develop the color etching. Before him, etchings were usually hand colored, with the color being applied in a sloppy haphazard manner, or color etchings were printed from one plate. Kasimir first did a sketch from nature, usually in pastel. Then he transferred the design by hand on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other by hand, applying the color on the plate by hand. The finished etching is a true original.

Luigi died in 1962 in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna. His wife Tanna Ksimir-Hoernes, born in 1887, who died in 1972, was an accomplished artist in her own right. Her technique as well a subject matter is naturally, similar to Luigi's after having worked with him for so many years

Item ID: RL1336