Albin Schmalfuß ~ Glimmertintling-1~ Mushrooms ~ Ceramic Tile

~ Leccinum versipelle ~ Albin Schmalfuß attended an apprenticeship as a pattern maker in Plauen and settled as a painter in Leipzig. He was commissioned by Edmund Michael, a teacher at the Agricultural School in Auerbach / Vogtl., Under his guidance and in his apartment, to draw all the illustrations for his Guide for Mushroom Friends, which first appeared in July 1895. The images created in this way made Schmalfuß internationally known, as the mushroom guide was also widely used abroad in numerous editions.