Etching on cream-colored paper, dimensions 20 x 26.5 cm (print). Print from the original plate from an edition by the Wrocław-based publisher Bruno Richter. Inscribed in pencil beneath the plate: “etching—23/24—E. Purzycka 2003.”
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.
