Lappen zeichnen ihr Leben - "In kupfer geschnitten von einen Lapplander"

Gustav Hagemann

German printmaker Gustav Hagemann created a series of drypoints titled "Lappen zeichnen ihr Leben" (Lapps Draw their Lives), based on drawings done by Lapp (Sami) artists, including Nils Valssenpau, Anders N. Valssenpau, and Jon Jonsson H. Hagemann made yearly visits to Lapland between 1926-1939 (the outbreak of WWI).

The subjects depicted everyday life in the Sami (Lapp) villages in Finland, Norway. Sweden and Russia. They are primarily reindeer herders and fishermen. The printing was done by German Master Printer Otto Felsing, Kathe Kollwitz's preferred printer.

This portfolio first was shown at Galerie Ferdinand Möller in Berlin 1938. This image depicts a Lapp tent with domestic activities, reindeer, sleighs lined up with harnesses and people walking and riding.