The painting is an artistic impression of Fairthorn Green Farm House and Top Dam at Redmires painted from up the rough moorland path looking down. (Information from S Hedges)
Herr Lutz was an architect and ex-Wehrmacht officer who was confined in Lodge Moor Prisoner of War Camp (Camp 17) September 1945 - April 1948.
Whilst he was a prisoner of war he made several linocuts and watercolour sketches of the camp and the area around it. See also Miscellaneous Papers 6803 M (215509365), Sheffield Local Studies Library, Central Library, Surrey Street, this letters from Herr Lutz about his experiences as a POW at Lodge Moor Camp. |