View of a small Dutch town

(1887 Wuppertal-Elberfeld - 1946 Wülfrath) A view of a small Dutch town, an expressionist work by Dollerschell, apparently an artist of the so-called Lost Generation. He received his artistic education, including at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under Angelo Jank and Franz von Stuck, and from 1912 lived in Paris. There he met Wilhelm Lehmbruck and in 1912 first presented his work "Young Parisian" at the Salon d'Automne. After World War I, Dollerschell moved to Wuppertal, and in 1923 gained further recognition after a major article about him in the magazine "Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration." From 1927, Dollerschell lived for several years in Paris. After 1933, many of his works were deemed "degenerate" and removed from public collections in Germany.

A large part of his oeuvre was destroyed during the bombing of Wuppertal in 1943. Gouache on paper, mounted on cardboard. Signed and dated (19)27. Dimensions: 37.5 cm x 45.5 cm (image). Framed. Provenance: From the collection of the museum employee von der Heydt and close friend Mia Dollerschell, the artist's widow; subsequently in family ownership.