Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener
Portrait of the writer Wilhelm Spohr
1894
ink on paper, mounted on cardboard
33 x 21,5 cm (sheet)
signed and dated lower right: "fidus 94."
The Daulton Collection
condition: small crease in the upper left corner; slight browning due to the paper quality; otherwise in very good condition.
Wilhelm Spohr (1868-1959) was a German writer, editor, and translator. Spohr was associated with the Friedrichshagen literary circle. He was an editor at Gustav Landauer's anarchist newspaper, Der Sozialist. And he wrote the first monograph about Fidus and his artwork, published in 1902.
