Artist · 12 prints
Joseph Sattler Prints
About Joseph Sattler
Joseph Sattler, also known as Joseph Kaspar Sattler, was a German painter, draughtsman, etcher and engraver, born in 1867 in Schrobenhausen in Bavaria, and he died in Munich in 1931. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
Joseph Sattler worked mainly in printmaking and book art, in the Art Nouveau period and after. He designed many ex libris, the printed bookplates collectors paste into their books. His graphic work includes the series Meine Harmonie, and late prints such as a seven-part series on the medieval poet Walther von der Vogelweide (1930) and portraits of the philosopher Spinoza (1930). The Lenbachhaus in Munich holds a group of his prints and proofs.
Joseph Sattler prints: reproductions of the Art Nouveau etchings, bookplates and posters of the German graphic artist Joseph Sattler, made between 1895 and 1906. Works include Pan (1895), Meine Harmonie: Plate 8 (1896), Ex Libris Philipp Graf zu Eulenburg (1896), Das Goldene Buch des Deutschen Volkes an der Jahrhundertwende (1900) and Die Landshuter Hochzeit: Historisches Festspiel, 1906 (1906).
This selection centres on plates from Meine Harmonie, a series of dark, finely etched images in which figures, skulls and allegory recur. Alongside them are ex libris for Harry Graf Kessler and other collectors, and two large posters with bold historical and medieval imagery.
The black-and-white etchings suit studies, libraries and reading rooms, and the posters work well in a hallway or above a desk. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
