Description

Edmond Kayser (Paris, 1882 – Paris, 1965)

Landscape

Original drypoint etching

Proof on wove paper numbered 68 of 110 and signed in pencil ‘Kayser’. Stamp of the collection Croquez.

Dimensions of the sheet : H. 325 mm x L. 390 mm. – dimensions at the coppermark : H. 200 mm x W. 245 mm.

Edmond Charles Kayser also known as Edmond Kayser (Paris, 1882-Paris, 1965) is a French watercolorist, engraver, aquafortist and lithographer.

Born in Paris in 1882, Edmond Kayser practiced drawing from an early age. He was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and then joined the Academy of Eugène Carrière, where he was taught in the early 1900s, while continuing his passionate visits to the Louvre. For several years, Kayser worked in the studio with his painter friends Léopold Lévy, Georges-Florentin Linaret and Henri Vergé-Sarrat. Edmond Kayser also practiced engraving, especially etching, a technique to which he was introduced by the engraver Charles Heyman. Very quickly recognized as an engraver, he participates in the foundation of the independent painters-engravers in 1923. From 1920 and for many years he was bound by contract to the print dealer Maurice Le Garrec. He also tried his hand at wood engraving to illustrate literary works.