Autumnal Fire
Wilhelm Schmurr (Hagen/Westf. 1878 - Düsseldorf 1959)
Lot-No. 90
Proceeds : 600 €
Pastel, 72,5 x 100 cm, sign. lo. le. Schmurr, verso on fragment of a label titled. - Figure a. landscape painter, studied at the Düsseldorf academy under E.v. Gebhardt a. as master student of C. Meyer, was awarded two gold medals in Vienna a. Salzburg in 1904, 1905 he went to Paris for a year, co-founder of the artists group "Weißer Nessel", member of the Düsseldorf "Malkasten", exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale, numerous awards, among others the Bundesverdienstkreuz, since 1927 professor at the Düsseldorf academy. - Mus.: Düsseldorf, Dortmund. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker u.a.
Wilhelm Schmurr: Autumnal Fire
Wilhelm Schmurr (Hagen/Westf. 1878 - Düsseldorf 1959)
Autumnal Fire
Lot-No. 90
Proceeds : 600 €
Pastel, 72,5 x 100 cm, sign. lo. le. Schmurr, verso on fragment of a label titled. - Figure a. landscape painter, studied at the Düsseldorf academy under E.v. Gebhardt a. as master student of C. Meyer, was awarded two gold medals in Vienna a. Salzburg in 1904, 1905 he went to Paris for a year, co-founder of the artists group "Weißer Nessel", member of the Düsseldorf "Malkasten", exhibited among others at the Venice Biennale, numerous awards, among others the Bundesverdienstkreuz, since 1927 professor at the Düsseldorf academy. - Mus.: Düsseldorf, Dortmund. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker u.a.