Walter Moras

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Walter Moras (born January 20, 1856 in Rixdorf , † March 6, 1925 in Harzburg ) was a German painter.

Life

His development was largely shaped by the well-known marine and landscape painter Hermann Eschke , in whose studio he received his training. In 1876 he exhibited for the first time at the exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin. Until 1910, with a few exceptions, it was continuously represented at the major Berlin art exhibitions. He also participated several times in the exhibitions of the Bremer Kunstverein , the Oldenburger Kunstverein , the Königsberger Kunstverein and was present at the JA in Munich in 1890.

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Walter Moras, oil on canvas, 53 × 62 cm

On the recommendation of his teacher Hermann Eschke, Walter Moras painted at a young age mainly on the island of Rügen and in Mecklenburg . He toured Norway , Italy , Holland . Many of his pictures were taken in the Brandenburg area around Berlin and later in the Spreewald . He was one of the natural landscape painters, whose work coincided with the heyday of open-air painting . He hardly painted in Berlin, although he remained a Berliner throughout his life and is referred to as a “Berlin painter” by art history.

Walter Moras - Märkisches Dorf, oil on cardboard, 34 × 53 cm

His painting style is realistic, marked by a touch of melancholy, mostly simple and cultivated. Occasionally, impressionistic influences can be found in his atmospheric poetic pictures. In later years he created large-format autumn pictures that captivate with their warm colors. The same applies to his winter landscapes, which are very carefully composed and have particularly subtle tints in the snow. Walter Moras' paintings are still popular today and are repeatedly traded at art auctions.

Walter Moras - Snow-covered water mill, gouache, 24 x36 cm

Walter Moras was not a member of the Berlin Artists' Association . He also did not join any North German artists' colony, although he was painting in their fields at the same time. In 1882 he married Ida Baluschek, the daughter of a Berlin railway engineer. From the marriage, Otto Max Bruno Moras (born October 14, 1883 in Berlin; † March 13, 1939 there) emerged. He also became a painter, but could not step out of his father's shadow.

Works

Walter Moras: Autumn in the Spreewald
  • Sea surf with wreck around 1875
  • On the Jutian coast around 1876
  • Moon rise around 1879
  • Torrent with wooden cutting mills
  • Sunset in winter
  • Mill on the bank of the stream
  • Potato harvest around 1886
  • Baltic beach around 1887
  • Märkisches Dorf in spring around 1888
  • Village of Göhren on Rügen around 1890
  • View of a blast furnace in Ruhrort around 1891
  • On the Baltic Sea around 1892
  • Nordfjord around 1894
  • March day around 1897
  • Autumn day in Potsdam around 1900
  • Autumn in the Spreewald around 1905
  • Evening mood on the Baltic Sea around 1908
  • Winter in the village
  • Autumn landscape around 1910
  • Winter landscape around 1910
  • The waiting around 1890

literature

  • Irmgard Wirth : Berlin painting in the 19th century. From the time of Frederick the Great to the First World War . Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-88680-260-4 , pp. 391-398.
  • Friedrich von Bötticher : painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history . Pantheon-Verlag, Leipzig 1941, Volume 2, p. 73 ( digitized version of the 1898 edition ).
  • Alfried Nehring: Walter Moras. Traces of a painter's life; from the heyday of open-air painting. Klatschmohn Verlag, Bentwisch 2010, ISBN 978-3-941064-13-3 .
  • Alfried Nehring: Hermann Eschke. Cliffs and coasts; a veteran of Berlin painting in the 19th century . Klatschmohn Verlag, Bentwisch 2012, ISBN 978-3-941064-32-4 , pp. 50-53.

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personal data
SURNAME Moras, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1925
Place of death Harzburg