Kolner Dom cathedral painting- Cologne

Hi all,tried to figure this out (in part) Does this show the re-opening of the Kolner Dom cathedral in 1948 after WW2? Artist name Knor? (signed in the top left hand corner) Looks like a copy of a letter on the back dated 1973 with lots of info? Can anyone maybe tell me what is says,please (just a short summary) Any idea/info in the artist? Frame size 58cm x 79cm. Many thanks

 

That's Cologne (Köln) Cathedral, isn't it? May have something to do with this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings#:~:text=The last restoration of the,condition for five hundred years.

Like the immediacy of the work. Like that of a courtroom sketch artist.

Debora

 

Yes, text in this pic

Inauguration of the Cologne Cathedral
Entry of the Cardinals
through the new Matarés door

 

Unable to read everything, but it's a letter to the writer's brother in law, saying that he won't regret his purchase of this color drawing of the reopening of the Cologne Cathedral in 1948, attended by bishops and cardinals from all over Western Europe. He mentions he paid 500 DM for it and then a few more lines follow that I can't completely understand due to the handwriting. And then there's a complete page that's sort of a puzzle to follow, as at the end of the main text, you have to continue with the vertical text on the left side, and then continue with the vertical text on the right.

 

And each & every time I go, it is always under reconstruction.