"Kluskowa Gate," etching with aquatint, 13.5 x 9 cm (print), from the original plate by Helma Fischer. The work is signed and inscribed in pencil beneath the print: “etching, aquatint – II – 14/50 – E. Purzycka 99. Wrocław 1999, print no. 14 of 50.”
Helma Fischer-Oels (1860–70–1930) was a Silesian printmaker associated with Oleśnica and Wrocław. She likely pursued her artistic studies 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.
