Wilhelm Eilers (1857 Hamburg - 1919 Munich) The barrel organ player A cheerful view of a picturesque courtyard where numerous children and adults have gathered and are dancing merrily to the music of a barrel organ player. A sensitive and subtly depicted genre scene staged in a charming play of light and shadow by the artist, who is primarily known for his landscape depictions. Wilhelm Eilers trained at the art school in Weimar and the academies in Stuttgart and Munich and worked in Munich from 1881. Oil/mahogany panel (trimmed). L. u. signed with place Munich and dat. (18)91. 24.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frame. Oil on mahogany panel. Signed with location Munich and dated (18)91.