Karl Klietsch
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Karel Václav Klíč (German Karl Wenzel Klietsch) (born May 31, 1841 in Arnau , † November 16, 1926 in Vienna ) was a Bohemian painter, photographer and graphic artist.
Life
His father Karel Klíč (1812–1886) was a chemist and director of a paper mill. At the age of fourteen Karel began studying painting at the Academy in Prague . However, he had to leave this after a short time because he caricatured Austrian ministers. After a long break, he was not able to graduate from school until 1862. Shortly thereafter, he founded the Rafael photo studio in Brno .
However, he spent most of his time abroad. He worked as a draftsman, illustrator and caricaturist in Budapest and Vienna, but during this time he devoted himself more and more to questions of reproduction technology. During his subsequent long stay in England, Klietsch became publicly known. He was appointed director of an important graphic work and he then lived in Vienna until his death. He is buried in the Hietzing cemetery.
Inventions
Klietsch was primarily concerned with image reproduction using the gravure printing process , which he perfected in many experiments. He had learned the technique while working in lithographic workshops. His father already owned a photo studio. Klietsch was also known as a caricaturist, publisher and painter.
He invented the 1879 Heliogravure and in 1890 the rotogravure , also the Inlaid- linoleum and Klicotypie . In 1895, Klietsch co-founded the English Rembrandt Intaglio Printing Company in Lancaster .
literature
- Klíč (Klietsch) Karel. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1965, p. 400 f. (Direct links on p. 400 , p. 401 ).
- Otto M. Lilien, Claus W. Gerhardt: Der Tiefdruck , Volume 3 of the history of printing processes, Hiersemann, 1978, ISBN 3-7772-7814-9 , p. 61 ff.
- Heinz Jankowsky: Austria's great inventors: their lives, their work, their fates. Styria, 2000, ISBN 3-222-12768-9 , p. 120.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Klietsch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Florian Hufnagl: Klietsch, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 67 f. ( Digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klietsch, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klietsch, Karl Wenzel; Klíč, Karel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arnau |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1926 |
| Place of death | Vienna |