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Lure of the Mermaids

Wilhelm Kray (Berlin 1828 - München 1889)


Lure of the Mermaids

Lot-No. 47


Oil/canvas, 76 x 112 cm, lo. ri. sign. W. Kraÿ, rest. - German painter. K. studied at the Berlin academy under J. Schrader a. W. Schirmer since 1848. In 1859 he shorly worked in Paris, in 1867 he went to Rome a. joined the German artist's colony. Thereafter he lived a. worked in Berlin, Venice, Vienna a. Munich. His best a. most sought-after paintings show romantic settings with mermaids a. nymphs.

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Wilhelm Kray: Lure of the Mermaids


Wilhelm Kray (Berlin 1828 - München 1889)

Lure of the Mermaids

Lot-No. 47

Print

Oil/canvas, 76 x 112 cm, lo. ri. sign. W. Kraÿ, rest. - German painter. K. studied at the Berlin academy under J. Schrader a. W. Schirmer since 1848. In 1859 he shorly worked in Paris, in 1867 he went to Rome a. joined the German artist's colony. Thereafter he lived a. worked in Berlin, Venice, Vienna a. Munich. His best a. most sought-after paintings show romantic settings with mermaids a. nymphs.

Lure of the Mermaids
Lure of the Mermaids