Leopoldsberg 1880 - 1928

This print of Leopoldsberg was made by Gottfried Lorenz sometime between 1875 and 1928, using etching. Look closely and you can see the magic happen: the artist scratches into the plate, line by line, until a landscape emerges. It’s not about perfection, but about capturing a feeling. I love how the delicate lines build up to create a world that feels both real and dreamlike. The texture is almost velvety, drawing you in. It's like Lorenz is inviting us to wander through this landscape with him. Notice the way the fence runs through the middle ground, leading your eye up the hill. This little detail gives the print such an amazing sense of depth and movement. It reminds me a little of Whistler’s landscapes, or maybe even some of the early modernists. There’s this sense that it’s not about capturing a scene exactly, but about using landscape to explore feeling, memory, and a sense of place. The whole thing suggests art is not a fixed statement but an ongoing conversation.