Heinrich Kley, Residence Gate in Munich View of the magnificent closed Residenztor in Munich with figure ornamentation, watercolor, 1st half 20th century, signed lower left "Kley", at one edge traces of thumbtacks, framed under glass, image dimensions approx. 32 x 27 cm, sheet dimensions approx. 38 x 30.5 cm. Artist info: German painter, draftsman, etcher and illustrator (1863 Karlsruhe to 1945 Munich), 1880-85 studied at the Karlsruhe Art School, from 1901 he provided templates for postcards for the Krupp cast steel factory in Essen, in the coming years also worked as an industrial painter for various companies such as Voith, Grün & Bilfinger and MAN, collaborator of the Simplicissimus and the Youth, ended with the seizure of power Hitler the cooperation with all publishers, source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer and Wikipedia.

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