LESSER URY | Berliner Straßenmotiv mit Automobilen und Alleebäumen, links Reitweg mit Reiter und Fußgänger (Berlin Street Scene with Cars and Trees, to the Left a Path with Rider and Pedestrians)

Lotte Heck, Germany
Axel Springer, Berlin (acquired from the above on 18th July 1967)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996

Hamburg, BATIG-Haus, Ein Berliner Maler - Lesser Ury (1861-1931) poetischer Chronist der Großstadt, 1988-89, no. 25, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Berliner Straßenmotiv mit Spaziergängern und Reiter)

Executed on a fibrous artist's board which is stable. There are minor pigment losses to all four edges, as well as some frame abrasion. There are minor losses to the pigment at the lower left corner. The pigments are well preserved and the colours fresh. This work is in overall very good condition.
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'In his most characteristic works, he was therefore, inspired by the life of the German metropolis, by the characters whom he could observe in its streets and cafés, by the city-scapes of its rainy streets. The rain-swept skies and the passers-by that almost fade into the surrounding mists which rise from the shining sidewalks are features of his favorite topics. Above all, he remains a subtle colorist.' (Ernest M. Namenyi, “Jewish Impressionists” in Cecil Roth (ed.), Jewish Art- An Illustrated History, Tel Aviv, 1961, p. 611).

To be included in the forthcoming Ury Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Dr. Sibylle Gross.