Willy Lucas, (1884-1918)
Winterlandschaft (Vor dem Dorf / in front of the village), 1911. Oil on canvas. 50 x 70 cm. Signed lower right W. Lucas II Df. Verso of the frame inscribed with exhibition label (Düsseldorf Artists Association) and gallery label (Kunstsalon Keller & Reiner, Berlin). Original frame.
The Keller & Reiner art salon, founded in 1897, was one of the leading galleries in Berlin that, in addition to selling fine art, also dedicated itself to the applied art of Art Nouveau for the first time, thereby establishing this branch of the trade in Berlin. As a result of numerous subsequent start-ups of other companies, the arts and crafts section developed into a profitable and vital market segment in Berlin in the years that followed.

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