The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Fischer, Ludwig Hans

FISCHER, Ludwig Hans, Austrian painter: b. Salzburg, 2 March 1848. After a course of art study he traveled extensively, settling finally in Vienna. Among his works are nine landscapes for the Museum of Natural History, Vienna, and etchings and engravings forming historical landscapes from Austria-Hungary. He is the author of ‘Die Technik der Aquarellmalerei.’ Three of his oil paintings, including a ‘View of Jerusalem,’ are in the Vienna Museum. He also painted many excellent water colors and wrote numerous magazine articles accompanied by clearly defined and spirited drawings.