1915. Oil/canvas, 66,5 x 76,5 cm, lo. le. sign. W. Lucas Df 1915, min. rest. - Düsseldorf landscape painter. L. attended the building trade school in Holzminden and worked as a carpenter before studying at the Düsseldorf Academy in 1905-06. His marriage to an entrepreneur's daughter allowed him to live independently and travel throughout Europe. L. died young of tuberculosis. Mus.: Paderborn a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker.