Siegfried Berndt (1880 - 1946). "kleinstadt Häuser". Woodcut. Japan Paper.

Original frame, gilt wood (wear from use). Frame dimensions: 46 x 34 cm.
Sheet dimensions: 33 x 16.5 cm. The sheet is not glued. Japanese paper, signed and titled, circa 1905.
Siegfried Berndt was born in Görlitz, Germany, in 1880. He began his studies at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and later received a travel scholarship that allowed him to travel to Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, London and, finally, Scotland. It is believed that Berndt went to Scotland to study under Frank Morely Fletcher, who had become Director of the Edinburgh College of Art, in 1906, to learn how to create color woodcuts in the Japanese style. Berndt's color woodcuts were modern for their time. He participated in numerous exhibitions.
Andreas Albert published a first catalogue raisonné in 2013, focusing on his color woodcuts.
Works in Museums: Altnburg (Thuringia): Lindenau Museum, Dresden: New Masters Gallery Dresden: Print Room Dresden: Old Masters Gallery