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His name is Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel..

The painter Adolph Menzel (1815-1905) is not well-known, even in his native Germany.

  • The painter Adolph Menzel (1815-1905) is not well-known, even in his native Germany.
  • Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel was born on December 8, 1815 in Breslau.
  • His name is Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel.
  • Mathieu Kessels was born in Maastricht on the 20 May 1784, he died in Rome in on the 3rd of March 1836.
  • Adolph von Menzel (1815-1905) was a prominent German painter and printmaker known for his detailed and expressive depictions of historical.

    • Adolph Menzel (1815-1905)

     

    Modern Art

    During the 1860s he broadened his repertoire to include scenes from modern, contemporary life, and events of more recent German history.

    He was the first German artist to depict the aesthetic side of industry - as in The Steel Mill (1872-5, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin). Another of his 'modern' works was Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens (1867, National Gallery, London), based on a series of sketches the artist made during a visit to Paris that year to see the Universal Exposition.

    Probably inspired by Edouard Manet's own somewhat looser treatment of the Tuileries Gardens, Menzel's depiction of this bustling scene, replete with incidental details, remains wholly legible. In addition, his architectural realism is evident in The Interior of the Jacobskirche at Innsbruck (1872, National Gallery of Art, Washington).

    Pioneer of Impressionism

    Curiously although Menzel achieved widespread contemporary recognition for his lith