Lure of the Mermaids
Wilhelm Kray (Berlin 1828 - München 1889)
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.
Wilhelm Kray: 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.