I picked this eye-catching lithograph out of a box of junk this morning because it was a very strong image. At home and upon investigation it reveals itself: “Der Verlorene Sohn” dedicated “hearfelt for Elizabeth” and signed Hans Fronius. I believe this print is the artist’s proof. From Wikipedia: Hans Fronius (12 September 1903 - 21 March 1988) was an Austrian painter and illustrator, born in Sarajevo. His father was descended from an old, aristocratic Transylvanian Saxon family. As a young boy, he witnessed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, an event that would later form the subject of his book, Assassination in Sarajevo. After WWI, Fronius's family moved to Graz in Austria. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. From 1930 to 1960, he taught art and projective geometry at a grammar school in Fürstenfeld, Styria. His leftist sympathies put his teaching position in jeopardy after the Anschluss, and in 1943 he was drafted into the German army. The art historian Otto Benesch called Fronius "the most significant Austrian illustrator since Alfred Kubin." His work is considered an example of 'Expressive Realism', with subjects that include portraits, street scenes, and literary interpretations. He was one of the first illustrators of the stories of Franz Kafka, and contributed illustrations to works by Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Louis Stevenson. He remained a prolific artist until his death at age 84 in 1988. #hansfronius #sillymoney #hounslowbootsale (at Hanworth, Hounslow, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp91xSFIH7F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
