The New International Encyclopædia/Fischer, Ludwig Hans

FISCHER, Ludwig Hans (1848—). An Austrian landscape painter and etcher, born at Salzburg. A pupil, at the Vienna Academy, of Lichtenfels in painting, of Jacoby in engraving, and of Unger in etching, he completed his studies traveling in Italy, Spain, North Africa, Egypt, and India, and afterwards settled in Vienna. Besides a number of oil paintings, he executed for the Museum of Natural History nine decorative landscapes (1889). Among a series of etchings and engravings the cycle “Historical Landscapes from Austria-Hungary” is his most remarkable production. He also painted many excellent water-colors, and published Die Technik der Aquarellmalerei (7th ed. 1898).