[From the Community Collection, a public trust in Agincourt, Iowa]
LEFLER, Heinrich [1863-1919] and Joseph URBAN [1872-1933]
“St. Georgius” / “St. Leopold” / “Returning from the Field” / “St. Stanislaus” / “St. Hedwig of Silesia”
1899
color lithographs / each 9 inches by 9 1/16 inches
Where is the line betwixt fine art and graphic design? Perhaps, in an ideal world, there is none.
From the set Österreichische Kalender Monatsbilder, each image illustrated a calendar month. These are characteristically “Secession”, the Viennese contribution to the European-wide Art Nouveau movement usually identified with France and Belgium. The contribution of each artist is still a matter of research. Agincourt has had a remarkable link with Austria through the Wassermann-Kolb family.