Helma Fischer-Oels, “View of the Castle in Oleśnica,” etching, dimensions 9.5 x 14 cm (print). Inscription on the plate at the bottom left: “Schloss Oels”; the work is signed in pencil at the bottom right.
Helma Fischer-Oels (1860–70–1930) was a Silesian printmaker associated with Oleśnica and Wrocław. She likely studied art in Wrocław. She was a member of the Association of Silesian Women Artists. She is the author of numerous etchings depicting views of Oleśnica, Wrocław, and its surroundings, published, among others, in Wrocław by B. Richter and B. Wenzel, and in Oleśnica by the Rösch publishing house, including as postcards. Her works depicting Baltic Sea cities (Gdańsk, Hamburg, Greifswald) are also well known.
