Lesser Ury

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Lesser Ury, born in Birnbaum in the province of Posen (now Poznan, Poland), the son of a Jewish baker, was a German painter who distinguished himself in depicting Berlin’s urban life in colourful Impressionism, focusing on the streets and coffee houses of the big city. Although a running feud with Max Liebermann - his senior in age and rank, and chairman of the Berliner Secession movement - substantially hindered his artistic career, his fame grew over the years with numerous exhibitions, including at the Berliner Secession in 1922 and in the Berlin National Gallery in 1931.

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