Lesser Ury
Beim Kornpuppenbinden (Corn Husking)
1923

Name: Beim Kornpuppenbinden (Corn Husking)
Brand: Lesser Ury
Price: 700 USD
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About the Item

Lesser Ury (German, 1861–1931), Beim Kornpuppenbinden, drypoint, 1923, signed in pencil lower right and numbered 45/100, from the edition of 100. Reference: Rosenbach 17, only state. In excellent condition, printed in black on cream/ivory laid paper, with full margins, 8 1/8 x 6, the sheet 13 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches. A fine rich impression with substantial burr from the drypoint work. This is from the portfolio Hollandische Motive (Dutch Studies), a portfolio of 7 drypoints by Ury. Ury was born in Birnbaum, the son of a baker whose death in 1872 was followed by the Ury family’s move to Berlin. In 1878 Lesser left school to apprentice with a tradesman, and the next year he went to Düsseldorf to study painting at the Kunstakademie. Ury spent time in Brussels, Paris, Stuttgart, and other locations, before returning to Berlin in 1887. 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 and is buried in the Jewish Cemetery in Berlin-Weissensee. [from Wikipedia]

Creator:

Lesser Ury (1861-1931, German)

Creation Year:

1923

Medium:

Drypoint

Movement & Style:

Expressionist

Period:

1920-1929

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