Morning Sun - Lesser Ury.
Abbreviated from Wikipedia.
Leo Lesser Ury (November 7, 1861
– October 18, 1931) was a German Impressionist painter and printmaker,
associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.
His first exhibition was in 1889
and met with a hostile reception, although he was championed by Adolph von
Menzel whose influence induced the Akademie to award Ury a prize. In 1893 he
joined the Munich Secession, one of the several Secessions formed by
progressive artists in Germany and Austria in the last years of the 19th
century.
In 1901 he returned to Berlin,
where he exhibited with the Berlin Secession, first in 1915 and notably in
1922, when he had a major exhibition.
By this time Ury's critical
reputation had grown and his paintings and pastels were in demand. His subjects
were landscapes, urban landscapes, and interior scenes, treated in an
Impressionistic manner that ranged from the subdued tones of figures in a
darkened interior to the effects of streetlights at night to the dazzling light
of foliage against the summer sky.
Ury is especially noted for his
paintings of nocturnal cafe scenes and rainy streets. He developed a habit of
repeating these compositions in order to sell them while retaining the
originals, and these quickly-made and inferior copies have harmed his
reputation.
Always introverted and
distrustful of people, Ury became increasingly reclusive in his later years. He
died in Berlin