Albert Paris Gütersloh (1887 Vienna - 1973 Baden), 'Schöpfer, Mond und Erde', 1969, Pencil drawing and pastel on paper. 15 x 11.7 cm (image). Titled lower left: Schöpfer, Mond und Erde, signed lower right: Gütersloh and dated: (19) 69 (pencil). Albert Paris Gütersloh is considered the father of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. He was a student of Gustav Klimt. Under Max Reinhardt he worked as a set designer and director. From 1929 he taught at the Vienna School of Applied Arts. Framed under glass in a passe-partout., Provenance: Collection of a German art historian.

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