Adler im Hochgebirge (Eagles in High Mountains)

Leo Frank

An atomospheric color woodcut of the Austrian Alps by printmaker Leo Frank who, with his twin brother Hans created a number of beautiful color woodcuts using many of the Japanese and British relief techniques, eliminating black line blocks and printing using 'Bokashi' where one color blends into the next. This impression has the fingerprint of the artist in the lower right corner.

In the 'Studio' magazine section 'Studio-Talk' in 1913 an article about Leo's twin brother Hans could also be applied to Leo's work:

"As a wood-engraver he has accomplished some fine work, carried out by methods of his own. He cuts his own blocks, choosing the wood himself, and his tools are made to his own requirements. From his childhood a lover of animals, he early began to study their ways, and became a constant visitor to the Schonbrunn Zoological Gardens. Later he kept birds in his studio, where he could be in closer contact with them and learn their habits.