| Otto Rau Fischzug [Die Kunst in der Photographie (Art Folio #2)] 1897 Photogravure 10.6 x 20.7 cm Photoseed Photograph courtesy PhotoSeed.com LL/15660 Heliographed (Plate) & Printed by: Meisenbach, Riffarth & Co. (Berlin)
This well-known Rau photograph was taken in 1894.
Rau's dates are 1856-1928. Rau, born in Dresden, was a gifted amateur German art photographer who was a partner of the graphic institute for art affiliated with Meisenbach, Riffarth & Co. in Berlin. In this capacity, he was an engraver. Rau is also known as a painter and is perhaps best known for his landscape paintings.
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