An illustration by Max Hagen (1859-1914) in Jugend magazine (Nr. 41, 1901), via mpt. 1607's Flickr stream. He has collected quite a bit of interesting material from the Wilhelmine period.
The text at the foot of the picture comes from Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra:
"Ich liebe Den, der über sich selber hinaus schaffen will und so zu Grunde geht."
I would translate this as:
"I love him who wishes to create something out of and beyond himself, and who perishes as a result."
The "out of" is more implied than literal.