06-11-2018, 07:27 PM
There was almost no information on the Web about Lauber's workshop 10 years ago—just the briefest of mentions in German in one or two papers on Google books, and the dedicated Website didn't exist yet.
As Koen points out, the earlier workshop is shrouded in mystery, as well. I made heroic efforts to try to figure out who Lauber's relatives, colleagues and predecessors were, hoping to uncover more about the earlier workshop, but didn't find much other than the vaguely defined relationship to Schiller.
Years later, there's still very little posted about either of them or the earlier workshop. There are, however, many more digitized books on the Web than when I posted about the palette and the drawing style in Jan. 2016, and this may eventually help uncover some of the missing links. Koen has found some good costume parallels in the illustrations. I'm actually quite optimistic that more information will be found.
As Koen points out, the earlier workshop is shrouded in mystery, as well. I made heroic efforts to try to figure out who Lauber's relatives, colleagues and predecessors were, hoping to uncover more about the earlier workshop, but didn't find much other than the vaguely defined relationship to Schiller.
Years later, there's still very little posted about either of them or the earlier workshop. There are, however, many more digitized books on the Web than when I posted about the palette and the drawing style in Jan. 2016, and this may eventually help uncover some of the missing links. Koen has found some good costume parallels in the illustrations. I'm actually quite optimistic that more information will be found.