(Bat and Dragonflies)

Paula Rossler

This etching came in a small collection of Symbolist prints. The printer, Heinrich Wetteroth, who also signed this impression, owned a printshop in Munich, in business as early as 1860, specializing in high quality reproductions of artist's drawings as engravings.

Paula Rösler experimented with phantasy forms, influenced by artist colleague Paul Roloff. She then worked on gracefully stylized and very moving plant forms. Looking at the chronological sequence, one can observe the formats become larger, the lines sharper. Forms of Jugendstil, which shaped their time, are reflected in the works. You can see the influence of Japanese art.