Adolph Menzel

Adolph Menzel, the German Realist, captured everything from the grandeur of Frederick the Great to the quiet intensity of a railway carriage after a night's journey.

ABOUT

Adolph Menzel, born Adolph Friedrich Erdmann Menzel in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) in 1815, rose to become one of the most prominent German painters of the 19th century. His journey into art began early, with his lithographer father intending to educate him as a professor but ultimately supporting his artistic inclinations. After his family moved to Berlin in 1830 and his father's death in 1832, Menzel took over the family lithographic business. Though he briefly studied a…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Künstlers Erdenwallen 1834 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Head of a Bearded Man 1884 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Woman with a Crushed Velvet Hat 1894 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Die Armee Friedrich Des Grossen 1830 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Left: Der Kuenstler malt aus Not die Haessliche Gattin eines Protzen; Right: Der Kuenstler stirbt, ohne seinen Ruhm erlebt zu haben. Seine Bilder haengen unverkauft an den Waenden 1834 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Left: Der Lehrling sitzt grimmig in der Schusterwerkstatt, waehrend der Vater die heimlichen Erzeugnisse des Kunsttriebes seines Sohnes verbrennt; Right: Naechtliche FLucht durch das Dachfenster 1834 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced

Edgar DegasImpressionism