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Lesser Ury
1861-1931

Lesser Ury 1861-1931

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Lesser Ury, Berlin Street Scene

Lesser Ury 1861-1931

Berlin Street Scene
oil on canvas
63.2 x 48.1
and dated (lower left): 'L. Ury 1921'
1990-7
Photo: Bridgeman images
Set in the Charlottenburg district, this is one of Ury’s many Impressionistic Berlin street scenes, which are typically set either at night or in the rain. Framed by distinctive classical...
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Set in the Charlottenburg district, this is one of Ury’s many Impressionistic Berlin street scenes, which are typically set either at night or in the rain. Framed by distinctive classical architecture and accentuated by vivid splashes of colour, the angular shapes of two fashionably dressed young women contrast strongly with the muted background and the horse-drawn carriages which evoke an earlier era. Our focus is cleverly drawn to the two women by the artist’s sparing use of red highlights within a mainly sombre palette – in the dress of one and the dash of lipstick of the other. Lesser Ury died in Berlin in 1931. Shortly afterwards a major memorial exhibition was held at the National Gallery and he is now regarded by critics as perhaps the first German artist to portray life in the modern city. As well as urban landscapes, he also explored Jewish subject matter in his art, although these works were less well received critically both during his lifetime and posthumously. This is one of four works by the artist in the Ben Uri Collection.
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Provenance

Bequest by Stephanie Ellen Kohn in memory of her parents Franz and Margarethe Kohn (nee Schotlander) and her brother Ludwig who perished in the Holocaust

Literature

Rachel Dickson and Sarah MacDougall, eds., 'Out of Chaos: Ben Uri; 100 Years in London' (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2015) pp. 62-63.; Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 154.
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