Postcard to Alex Lindström from Henri Rinck

Author: Henri Rinck (1870-1952) signedYear: 1924Publisher: Place: BarcelonaDescription:Post card written in German in Rinck's neat hand signed at the bottom. Items in Rinck's hand are scarce. Henri Rinck was a French chess study composer, considered one of the most important early figures in the field. He was born in Lyon (France) , where his family were brewers (Brasserie Rinck). He graduated as a chemical engineer at the Technische Hochschule of Munich (Germany). He then worked at the Facultdes Sciences in Lyon as an assistant of Dr. Barbier. In 1897 he discovered a refining process for green vegetable oils, which was applied in Marseille (France), then by several olive oil refineries in Spain. In 1900 he set up a factory in Badalona (Spain) and lived there with his family. Before the end of the Spanish civil war he had to leave Spain. He established himself in Marseille, but returned to Spain later.His first chess endgame studies appeared from 1902 in the Deutsche Schachzeitung. In