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St. George and the Dragon Mixed Media By Ulrich Rorschach

St. George and the Dragon by Ulrich Rorschach.
Pen and watercolor sketch in grisaille, in the style of a baroque period engraving (possibly sketched after an old engraving).

Signed Ulr. Rorscharch, annotated Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich (Applied Arts School of Zurich) with the date 85-86.

Dimensions of image: 20 x 30.5  (Sheet is larger)

Ulrich Rorschach

(1853-1903)

The Swiss artist Ulrich Rorschach from Arbon, Thurgau was the father of the psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach, who developed the famous Rorschach test.

Ulrich Rorschach studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich and from 1875 to 82 had an artist’s studio in Arbon (near St. Gallen). He also lived for a period in Stuttgart, Germany.