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Ferdinand Schmutzer (Austrian, 1870-1928) - Josef Kainz as Hamlet, Etching.Signed.32x32cm.
Josef Gottfried Ignaz Kainz (1858-1910) was an Austrian actor of Hungarian birth. He was highly active in theaters in Austria and Germany from 1873–1910. Revered as one of the greatest actors of the German-speaking theater, the city of Vienna annually bestowed a theater award for outstanding acting performance named after him, the Kainz Medal, from 1958 to 1999.