Among his works are portrait etchings of historical figures and color woodcuts.

Bossert was born in Heidelberg and studied in Karlsruhe, before settling in Leipzig.

In 1904 he began teaching at the Leipzig Academy for the Graphic Arts.

In 1911 he spent a summer in Normandy and Brittany, where he was introduced to the art of Paul Cézanne.

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