About the Artist Lesser Ury

Nocturnal café scenes, rain-soaked boulevards gleaming in the glow of gas lamps: Lesser Ury (1861–1931) became famous above all for his atmospheric city views. A virtuoso master of both pastel and oil, he captured light, air and mood with incomparable sensitivity, and ranks among the foremost representatives of German Impressionism. After studying at the Düsseldorf academy and spending time in Brussels, Paris and Munich, he settled in Berlin, where his early champion Adolph Menzel took notice of his talent. Ury was a member of the Munich and Berlin Secessions and, together with Max Liebermann, shaped the image of modern metropolitan painting. His work is held today in important museums and is much sought after on the art market.