With the old horse-drawn cabs replaced by motor taxis, Ury found his perfect motif, and another at a busy station in the heart of Berlin.
Ury
He started painting the streets of Berlin in 1888, when its cabs were still drawn by horses. He remained in search of his perfect motif until they had been replaced by motor taxis.
An eclectic range from LA Ring’s fine realism, Paul Signac’s Pointillism and watercolours, Pierre Bonnard in Le Midi, to Marsden Hartley and Lesser Ury.
Some of Claude Monet’s series from 1903-04, Le Sidaner, Émile Claus, and ending with Lesser Ury from 1926. But there was a more sinister side to the fog and smog.
A variety of pubs, bars and cafés from Degas, Manet, Meunier, Lesser Ury, Carpentier, Jean Béraud, Sava Šumanović and Malcolm Drummond.
Crowds in the cities of Paris, Berlin with its new electric trams, and the rush hour in New York City. People, horse cabs, trams and early cars everywhere.
With Frits Thaulow in Norway, van Gogh in Arles, the construction of what is now the MusĂ©e d’Orsay in Paris, and what can happen a railway carriage.
From a saint’s integrated office, through tables with quills and ink-pots, to beautifully crafted furniture for the home office.
Paintings by Frits Thaulow, Emile Claus, Lesser Ury, Hans Andersen Brendekilde, Lovis Corinth, Tom Thomson and others. Brrrr!
Into the 20th century, fog became a popular compositional device. Examples from Monet, Pissarro, Vallotton, Hodler and others.
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