Michael Blümelhuber (born September 23, 1865, Christkindl, Unterhimmel-Christkindl :de:Christkindl (now a part of

Steyr Steyr (; ) is a statutory city (Austria), statutory city, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. It is the administrative capital, though not part of Steyr-Land District. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and the 3rd lar ...

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— January 1936,

) was an Austrian

metalcut Metalcut was a relief printmaking technique, belonging to the category of old master prints. It was almost entirely restricted to the period from about 1450 to 1540, and mostly to the region around the Rhine in Northern Europe, the Low Countries, ...

ter. In 1910 he founded a master craftsman studio in Steyr, which closed in 1943. By the use of the Ajoure technique (often mislabeled as

filigree Filigree (also less commonly spelled ''filagree'', and formerly written ''filigrann'' or ''filigrene'') is a form of intricate metalwork used in jewellery and other small forms of metalwork. In jewellery, it is usually of gold and silver, m ...

) he brought metalcutting to a higher artistic level. He became internationally known through his participation in the World Fairs 1900 in

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and 1902 in

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References

* http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.b/b575211.htm 1865 births 1936 deaths 19th-century Austrian engravers 20th-century Austrian engravers People from Steyr Artists from Austria-Hungary {{austria-artist-stub