Claus Meyer

Meyer, Claus

German painter (1856-1919). Autograph signature. Düsseldorf. 05.01.1910. Oblong 8vo (postcard). 1 page.
$ 195 / 180 € (84576/BN55083)

Inscribed to the German dermatologist Alwin Scharlau. - A professor at the Karlsruhe Academy from 1890 and the Düsseldorf Academy from 1895, Meyer specialized in history and genre painting, decorated the great hall in Burg castle (Solingen), and co-founded the "Düsseldorfer Künstler-Vereinigung" in 1899. - Postmark on verso slightly showing through; a few small ink spots. Self-addressed by the collector on the reverse. The Mecklenburg physician Scharlau (b. 1888) assembled a collection of artists' autographs by personal application.

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