Modern paintings by German and Austrian masters (1916)
Stransky, Josef, 1872-1936 · New York, The DeVinne press · leaf 144
The picture in this collection, The Letter-carrier, shows his preference for mediaeval towns with many wind-ing streets and crooked turnings; he found fitting scenes forthese studies in Munich, in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, and inmany Tyrolian market-towns. [i2s: THE LETTER-CARRIER BY KARL SPITZWEG… … FRITZ VON UHDE [1848-1911] Liebermann was the first German artist who brought open-airpainting to Germany. On a trip to Zandvoort in Holland hedisclosed to Uhde the wonders of painting out of doors and foundin him an enthusiastic follower. Uhde, who had been a pupil ofso great a master as Michael…
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