Graphic artists Prussia
Otto Mueller was a German artist of the first third of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist and printmaker, a representative of German Expressionism, a member of the artists' group "Bridge".
Otto Mueller is considered one of the most lyrical German expressionist painters. His work reflected the unity of man and nature, characterized by simplification of forms, colors and contours. He became famous for his paintings of nude bodies and gypsy women, because of his fascination with which the artist was once nicknamed "Gypsy Mueller".
Mueller preferred to work in tempera on rough canvas, creating a matte surface. His artistic legacy includes 172 works, including lithographs, woodcuts and etchings.
Hermann Schmiechen was a German painter of the late nineteenth and first quarter of the twentieth centuries. He is known as a painter, graphic artist, portraitist, representative of the Düsseldorf School of painting, and theosophist.
Hermann Schmiechen studied art in Breslau and Düsseldorf, and was a member of the art association "Malkasten". In 1883 he was invited to England to create portraits of the British aristocracy. In London, the artist became a member of the Theosophical Society. At the request of Helena Blavatsky, the head of the society, he drew several portraits of theosophical mahatmas. According to researchers, the master showed certain psychic abilities, which makes his work interesting and unique.
Lesser Ury was a German painter of the late nineteenth and first third of the twentieth centuries of Jewish origin. He is known as an impressionist painter, graphic artist and printmaker, a representative of the Düsseldorf school of painting.
Ury painted rural and urban landscapes, still lifes and monumental paintings on biblical themes. His works depicting the streets of Berlin and views of Brandenburg are particularly notable. Ury mastered both oil colors, creating floral paintings and urban scenes, and pastels, conveying an atmosphere of air and light in landscapes.