Adolf Giltsch

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Death announcement for Adolf Glitch - He was a respected owner of a printing shop in Jena and the lithographer for Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur

Master Lithographer from Jena who worked with Ernst Haeckel on Kunstformen der Natur and many other publications. Son of Eduard Giltsch.

Click here to see the Kunstformen der Natur prints, many by Eduard and Adolf Giltsch.

After his death, Ernst Haeckel wrote an obituary where he emphasised the tight relation of scientific research and artistic illustration as well as the value of craftsmanship. See here: Obituary of Adolf Giltsch by Ernst Haeckel

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