Willy Herrmann, Havellandschaft mit Korngarben. Probably 1920s. Willy Herrmann1895 Berlin Spandau - 1963 ibid. Oil on canvas. Signed u.li. "Willy Herrmann". Framed in a profiled golden wooden frame. Layer of paint soiled. Partially inconspicuous age craquelure. The canvas over the stretcher frame edges with further nail holes, partly torn. Dimensions: 70 x 70 cm, overall 80,5 x 81 cm. Willy Herrmann 1895 Berlin Spandau - 1963 ibid. The autodidact worked mainly as a painter a. etcher. He remained attached to his home Berlin for the rest of his life. Two of his pictures are today in the town hall of Spandau.

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