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Watercolor on Japon Germany, 1967 Willy Robert Huth (1890-1977) – German artist of the ‘lost’ generation Monogrammed and dated ‘WRH 67’ in pencil lower right Sheet dimensions: 67.3 x 49.2 cm Good condition Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 400 Euro Condition: The watercolor is in overall good condition with occasional tiny foxmarks and unobtrusive creases especially to the corners. The sheet measures 67.3 x 49.2 cm. Willy Robert Huth (1890-1977) Born in Erfurt Willy Robert Huth studied from 1904 to 1906 at the city's School of Applied Arts and then completed an apprenticeship in the studio of the court painter Paul Kämmerer. He then worked in the studio of architect Wilhelm Kreis and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Düsseldorf. After military service and captivity Huth settled in 1919 in Berlin, where he maintained close contacts with artists like George Grosz, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl Hofer, Max Pechstein and Erich Heckel. Huth took place in the first exhibition of expressionists in America in 1923. During the Nazi dictatorship, he received a ban on painting and exhibiting and his studio and his works were destroyed in an air raid. After another military service and Russian captivity Huth returned to Berlin in 1945, where he began teaching and was artistically active up until old age. Willy Robert Huth is one of the most important artists of the ‘lost’ second generation of Expressionists. (fea) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.