Franz Fiedler, Portrait of Arno Drescher painting. 1925. Franz Fiedler1885 Proßnitz - 1956 Dresden Arno Drescher1882 Auerbach/Vogtland - 1971 Braunschweig Bromoil print in brown. Signed "Franz Fiedler" and dated in lead below the print. Cf. portrait photographs by Arno Drescher in: Franz Fiedler: "Portrait Photography". Berlin 1934. p. 114 and p. 129. Clearly foxed and yellowed, the margins creased. With silvering in the margins and small retouchings from the working process. Dimensions: print 22.6 x 18 cm, sheet 45.5 x 33.5 cm. Franz Fiedler 1885 Proßnitz - 1956 Dresden Pupil of Hugo Erfurth and 1908-11 employee in his studio. Prize winner at the World Exhibition 1911 in Turin. About 1913 Fiedler worked in Prague and belonged to the circle around Jaroslav Hasek and Egon Erwin Kisch. After moving to Dresden in 1916, he became one of the first professional photographers to work with the Leica in 1924. His publication on the city of Dresden in the spirit of New Objectivity, one of the first topographical illustrated books to be produced according to the principles of the new photography, represents a significant turning point in his work. During the destruction of his studio on February 13, 1945, most of his work was destroyed.