The Painter and printmaker Eugen Kirchner was born in Halle but was based in Munich from 1888. He was a founder member of the Vienna Secession and also exhibited with the Berlin Secession. His c.19 published etchings and aquatints in the “Jugendstil” style (German art nouveau) though much influenced by “Japonism”, were all issued between 1894 and 1896. There was a major exhibition of his work held in Dresden in 1904.