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French Print maker

Richard BRUNCK DE FREUNDECK

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Richard Brunck de Freundeck

Owl – etching

n the print itself, you can clearly see the dramatic stylized word “DÉLUGE” (Deluge / Flood) at the top. The composition is very dark and intense — a powerful, almost menacing owl set against a stormy, apocalyptic-looking landscape. This fits perfectly with Brunck de Freundeck’s style: highly detailed, dramatic, symbolic, and often spiritually or literarily charged.Who was Richard Brunck de Freundeck?

He was a highly regarded French engraver (specializing in etching) of Alsatian origin. Although born and died in Paris, he had deep family roots in Alsace (the family château was in Gueberschwihr, near Colmar). He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and won major awards, including the Grand Prix de Rome for engraving.He is best known for:Beautiful, high-quality illustrations of major literary classics (Flaubert, Victor Hugo, Goethe’s Faust, Racine, Homer’s Odyssey, Dante’s Vita Nova, etc.).

Original series such as Les Sept Péchés Capitaux (The Seven Deadly Sins).

A very refined, old-master-inspired technique (influenced by Dürer, Schongauer, Grünewald, and Rembrandt), with strong contrasts of light and shado

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