Down the Elbe
Willy Stöwer (Wolgast 1864 - Berlin 1931)
Lot-No. 88
Proceeds : 2.900 €
Gouache, 39,5 x 56,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. and dat. Willy Stöwer Hamburg 18. Oct. 04, lo. le. titled 'Elbe abwärts', min. rest., matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - German marine painter and illustrator. S. worked among others on commission of emperor Wilhelm II, who was one of the greatest admirers of the artist and whom Stöwer accompanied on several cruises. S.'s. depiction of the sinking of the Titanic is still being reproduced. In 1907 he was made professor. Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker a. others.
Willy Stöwer: Down the Elbe
Willy Stöwer (Wolgast 1864 - Berlin 1931)
Down the Elbe
Lot-No. 88
Proceeds : 2.900 €
Gouache, 39,5 x 56,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. and dat. Willy Stöwer Hamburg 18. Oct. 04, lo. le. titled 'Elbe abwärts', min. rest., matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - German marine painter and illustrator. S. worked among others on commission of emperor Wilhelm II, who was one of the greatest admirers of the artist and whom Stöwer accompanied on several cruises. S.'s. depiction of the sinking of the Titanic is still being reproduced. In 1907 he was made professor. Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker a. others.