On choppy Sea
Willy Stöwer (Wolgast 1864 - Berlin 1931)
Lot-No. 169
Oil/canvas, 81 x 110,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. Willy Stöwer 1900, min. rest., relined. - Marine painter a. illustrator, worked among others on commission of the Cologna chocolate manufacturer Stollwerck a. emperor Wilhelm II who was one of the greatest admirers of the artist a. whom Stöwer accompanied on several cruises, his depiction of the sinking of the Titanic is still reproduced, in 1907 he was made professor. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker a. others.
Willy Stöwer: On choppy Sea
Willy Stöwer (Wolgast 1864 - Berlin 1931)
On choppy Sea
Lot-No. 169
Oil/canvas, 81 x 110,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. Willy Stöwer 1900, min. rest., relined. - Marine painter a. illustrator, worked among others on commission of the Cologna chocolate manufacturer Stollwerck a. emperor Wilhelm II who was one of the greatest admirers of the artist a. whom Stöwer accompanied on several cruises, his depiction of the sinking of the Titanic is still reproduced, in 1907 he was made professor. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker a. others.