Karel KlÃÄ
Karel Václav Klíč ( German Karl Wenzel Klietsch ) ( born May 31, 1841 in Arnau, † November 16, 1926 in Vienna) was a Bohemian painter, photographer and graphic artist.
Life
His father Karel Klic (1812-1886) was a chemist and director of a paper mill. At fourteen, Karel began studying painting at the Academy in Prague. However, this he had to leave after a short time when he caricatured Austrian Minister. After a long pause, he could do well in school until 1862. In Brno Shortly afterwards he founded the photographic studio Rafael.
However, most of the time he spent abroad. He worked as a draftsman, illustrator and caricaturist in Budapest and Vienna, devoted himself at this time but more and more the issues of reproductive technology. During his subsequent years of residence in England Klietsch became public. They appointed him as director of a major graphical work, and then he lived until his death in Vienna.
Inventions
Klietsch mainly dealt with the image reproduction in the gravure printing process, which he perfected in many experiments. He had learned the technique during his work in lithographic workshops. His father owned a photo studio. Klietsch was also known as a cartoonist, publisher, and painter.
He invented in 1879 Helio Gravure and around 1890 the rotogravure, also the inlaid linoleum and Klicotypie. Klietsch 1895 was co-founder of the English Rembrandt Intaglio Printing Company in Lancaster.