OIL PAINTING SIGNED W. BRAUER - IS IT WILHELM BRAUER?
Can you please help me identify this painting's creator? It is signed W. Brauer in the lower right corner. I was able to find 25 examples of similar landscape oil paintings signed either Brauer or W. Brauer. Of these, there seems to be quite a bit of confusion. Most of the works were attributed to either Will E. Brauer (America 20th Century - Chicago, Ill) or Wilhelm Brauer (Germany b.1926 - Dusseldorf). Will E seems to only be identified because he is mentioned in Davenports. No bio to be found anywhere. Wilhelm's bio was found on 2 works and is the following: "Born 1926 he received his first artistic education at a local art-school and then in Munich. There he studied under Prof (Ernst) Brocker who greatly influenced his style and his special liking for paintings showing the landscapes of Germany and Austria. From his master, he not only adopted the impressionistically dissolved colourism, but also his ideas of composition. Later on he undertook studying trips thro...