Background
Lesser Ury was born on November 7, 1861 in Birnbaum, Prussia (present-day Miedzychod, Poland). After the death of his father, who was a baker, the family settled down in Berlin.
Eiskellerstraße 1, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
In 1879, Lesser enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Rue du Midi 144, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
He studied under Jean François Portaëls at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
Akademiestraße 2-4, 80799 München, Germany
Ury studied under Johann Caspar Herterich at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
Lesser Ury was born on November 7, 1861 in Birnbaum, Prussia (present-day Miedzychod, Poland). After the death of his father, who was a baker, the family settled down in Berlin.
In 1879, Lesser enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He also studied under Jean François Portaëls at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under Jules Joseph Lefebvre in Paris and under Johann Caspar Herterich at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
During his travels to Paris, Brussels, Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, Ury painted his first city scenes, interiors and floral still lifes.
In 1887, Lesser came back to Berlin, where he befriended Max Liebermann, who was an Impressionist painter. Two years later, in 1889, Ury held his first solo show, which was met with harsh criticism. However, renowned artist Adolph von Menzel convinced the Akademie to award him the Michael-Beer-Preis, which allowed Ury to travel to Rome and Capri.
In 1915 and 1920, Lesser exhibited with the Berlin Secession, an art association, founded by Berlin artists in 1898 as an alternative to the conservative state-run Association of Berlin Artists.
By the 1920's, Ury’s reputation had grown and his works were in high demand. Despite increasing fame, he remained somewhat aloof from his fellow artists throughout his career.
Der blaue Berg
Häuser am Fluss mit einer waschenden Frau
Leipziger Straße
On the channel
Im Café Bauer
Nollendorfplatz bei Nacht
Lady in the loge
Nächtliche Straßenszene, Berlin
Train station Nollendorfplatz at night
Berliner Straße mit Droschken in Regen
Dame vor Pferdedroschke im Tiergarten
Am Kurfürstendamm
Unter den Linden
Berlin street scene with horse-drawn cabs
Vor dem Café (Berlin bei Nacht)
Tiergarten im Winter
Küfermeister Adam Chaudy
Self-portrait
Lady in black evening dress with green scarf
Estaminet - Flemish Tavern
Boulevard in Paris
Im Café Bauer
Abend im Café Bauer
Hochbahnhof Bülowstraße
Unter den Linden nach dem Regen
Herbstliche Bachlandschaft im Abendlicht
Im Café Bauer
Abraham Geiger
The Red Carpet
Spring
Damen, einer Droschke entsteigend
Woman at writing desk
Berliner Straße im Sonnenschein
Oberitalienischer Gebirgssee
Dame mit Kind im Tiergarten (Berlin)
Brücke über den Landwehrkanal
Portrait of Dr. Fritz Rathenau
Frau und Droschke
Nachtbeleuchtung
Sonnenuntergang am italienischen See (Oberitalien)
Weiher bei Einbruch der Dunkelheit
Lying Nude
Mutter mit Kind auf einer Strassenkreuzung
Unter den Linden im Regen
Dame und Herr im Restaurant
Am Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
Feldarbeiter In Thüringen
Tiergartenallee mit Siegessäule
Galerie im Café Vaterland am Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
Lesser was an introvert and in the last years of his life, he avoided the society of people.