Transatlantic liner Vaterland and tugboat
Willy Stöwer (Wolgast 1864 - Berlin 1931)
Lot-No. 204
Proceeds : 400 €
Gouache, 15 x 10 cm, lo. r. signed Willy Stöwer, lo. l. inscribed Hamburg. - German marine painter and illustrator. S. worked among others on commission of emperor Wilhelm II, who was one of the greatest admirers of the artist and whom Stöwer accompanied on several cruises. S.'s. depiction of the sinking of the Titanic is still being reproduced. In 1907 he was made professor. Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker a. others.
Willy Stöwer: Transatlantic liner Vaterland and tugboat
Willy Stöwer (Wolgast 1864 - Berlin 1931)
Transatlantic liner Vaterland and tugboat
Lot-No. 204
Proceeds : 400 €
Gouache, 15 x 10 cm, lo. r. signed Willy Stöwer, lo. l. inscribed Hamburg. - German marine painter and illustrator. S. worked among others on commission of emperor Wilhelm II, who was one of the greatest admirers of the artist and whom Stöwer accompanied on several cruises. S.'s. depiction of the sinking of the Titanic is still being reproduced. In 1907 he was made professor. Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker a. others.