Franz Seimetz - Autoportrait 1904

Frantz Seimetz was the first Luxembourg painter who managed to make a living from art alone. Many of his self-portraits are reminiscent of Rembrandt and Frans Hals. Seimetz painted his last picture in 1932. Then he wrote down his memoir Der Feuersalamander , first in German, then in Luxembourgish and finally in his Mosel dialect. literature. Frantz Seimetz: The fire salamander in the mirror of his hometown Grevenmacher. Schwebsange 1974.