Hans Meid: Along with Max Slevogt, Hans Meid was a major leader of impressionism in Germany during the first decades of the twentieth century. A talented lithographic artist, etcher, engraver and painter, Hans Meid studied art in Karlsruhe under the direction of Trubner and Conz. His first artistic work dates from 1907 when he was employed as a designer for the firm of Meissen. Within Several years, However, Hans Meid was creating both etchings and lithographs and exhibiting his art throughout Europe. In 1919 he accepted the post of Professor of Engraving at the Berlin Academy.
  During his career, Hans Meid created over 550 original lithographs, etchings and dry points, the majority being landscapes, figure studies and portraits. Most were made between 1910 and 1930, the period most scholars point to as being Meid's greatest.