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Leo Lesser Ury (November 7, 1861 – October 18, 1931) was a German Impressionist painter and printmaker, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Life and career

Ury was born in Birnbaum in Prussia, the son of a baker whose death in 1872 was followed by the family's relocation to Berlin.[1] 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, Munich, and other locations, before returning to Berlin in 1887.[1]

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. He also painted Biblical scenes, many of which have not survived.[1]

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.

Gallery

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  Self-portrait
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  Flämische Schenke, (Estaminet, Flemish Tavern) 1884, Alte Nationalgalerie
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  Frau am Schreibtisch (Woman at writing desk), 1898
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  Abraham Geiger, ca. 1905
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  Portrait of Dr. Fritz Rathenau
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  Vor dem Café (Berlin by Night), 1920s

See also

• Tanya Ury

Notes

References

• Brauchitsch, Boris von (2013). Lesser Ury. Berlin: Edition Braus.
• Ury, Lesser (1961): Memorial Exhibition Commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth. Tel Aviv.
• Schwartz, Karl (1949). Jewish Artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries. New York: Philosophical Library.
• Brieger, Lothar (1921). Lesser Ury. Berlin: Verlag Neue Kunsthandlung.

External links

• Works by or about Lesser Ury at Internet Archive
• Hecht Museum
• Available Works & Biography Galerie Ludorff, Duesseldorf, Germany

На других языках

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[de] Lesser Ury

Leo Lesser Ury (geb. Leiser Leo Ury; * 7. November 1861 in Birnbaum, Provinz Posen; † 18. Oktober 1931 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Maler und Grafiker der impressionistischen Berliner Secession. Seine Motive waren anfangs Landschaften, Großstadtbilder und Stillleben, in seiner Spätzeit schuf er auch Monumentalbilder mit biblischen Motiven.

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- [en] Lesser Ury

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[fr] Lesser Ury

Lesser Ury (7 novembre 1861 - 18 octobre 1931 (à 69 ans)) est un peintre et graveur allemand de style impressionniste.

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[it] Lesser Ury

Lesser Ury, nato Leo Lesser Ury (Birnbaum, 7 novembre 1861 – Berlino, 18 ottobre 1931), è stato un pittore e stampatore tedesco, associato alla Scuola di pittura di Düsseldorf.

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[ru] Ури, Лессер

Ле́ссер У́ри (нем. Lesser Ury; 7 ноября 1861, Бирнбаум, провинция Позен — 18 октября 1931, Берлин) — немецкий художник еврейского происхождения, близкий своими мастерскими сельскими и городскими пейзажами и натюрмортами к импрессионистам. В позднем периоде творчества писал также монументальные картины на библейские сюжеты.

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