Franz Fiedler, Georg Gelbke with etching plate. Probably 1920s. Franz Fiedler1885 Proßnitz - 1956 Dresden Silver gelatin print on baryta paper. Each mounted at the upper corners on a backing cardboard. Signed in lead u.r. "Franz Fiedler". The base with hinged lid, there the emblem of Franz Fiedler u.Mi. U.r. with slight silvering. Cardboard backing soiled, creased and frayed at the corners. Measures: 16 x 21.7 cm, under. 33,3 x 24,8 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. Most of his work was destroyed in the destruction of his studio on February 13, 1945.