 |
| c1900 Adolph Menzel etching by Erich Heermann 28.2 x 19.2 cm (sheet) |
The German painter, etcher and lithographer Adolph von Menzel (1815-1905) ranks alongside Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) as one of the most innovative figures in German Art of the 19th Century. However, unlike Friedrich, who believed deeply in the romantic power of nature, Menzel believed in Realism and strove for an objective, true-to-life representation of the world. A master of drawing and various types of print-making, as well as realist painting, he created over 10,000 paintings, drawings and fine art prints, including 400 illustrations for the life of Emperor Frederick the Great. His canvases - including history paintings and genre scenes, as well as portraits - are typically well researched, acutely observant and highly detailed. His palette, treatment of light and overall style - as exemplified for instance by Living Room with the Artist's Sister (1847, Bavarian State Art Collection, Neue Pinakothek, Munich) pre-dated French Impressionism by twenty five years. Menzel now ranks alongside the best modern artists of 19th century Germany.
For full biographical notes on Adolph Menzel see part 1. For earlier works by Menzel see parts 1 - 5 also.
This is part 6 of a 10-part series on the works of Adolph Menzel:
 |
| 1862 At the Opera oil on paper mounted on board 51.1 x 43.2 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany |
 |
| 1862 Berliner Straße im Winter gouache and coloured chalk 32.4 x 26.8 cm Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1863 Deer at the Zoo gouache 21.1 x 26 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1863 Drying Yard gouache 13.4 x 28.1 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1863 Factory on fire gouache 29.9 x 39.5 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1863 View from the balcony of the Berlin Castle oil on canvas 52.6 x 37 cm Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek München |
 |
| c1863-64 Princess Alexandrine of Prussia gouache 29.5 x 23.1 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1c863-83 Cassowary goauche 25 x 11.1 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| c1863-83 Corner of a house in the moonlight gouache 27.8 x 21 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| c1863-83 Rat in the gutter gouache 8.3 x 14.2 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| c1863 Zulus watercolour and gouache 27.5 x 30.3 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany |
 |
| 1864 Baron von der Heydt, Minister of State watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper 29.6 x 22.4 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1864 Baron von Patow, Minister of State watercolour and gouache over pencil 29.4 x 22.3 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1864 Festblatt zur Jahrhundertfeier der Geburt Gottfried Schadows, 20. Mai 1864 (Memorial for the 100th birthday of Gottfried Schadow) lithograph on paper 32.1 x 22.8 cm © The Trustees of the British Museum, London |
 |
| 1864 Hand holding a book gouache 25 x 18 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1864 Hand holding a paint dish gouache 20 x 25 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1864 The Moritzhof Inn gouache 23.4 x 36.1 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1866 Cuirasses lying down gouache 29.3 x 51.2 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1866 Six suits of armour standing against a wall gouache 38.3 x 52.3 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1866 Study of a Knight and suit of armour watercolour and gouache heightened with white and pencil on paper laid down on paperboard 29.2 x 22.4 cm |
 |
| 1866 Suits of armour standing pencil and gouache 43.9 x 56.7 cm Albertina, Vienna, Austria |
 |
| 1866 Suits of armour (details not found) |
 |
| 1866 Two dead soldiers laid out on straw watercolour over pencil 18 x 27.2 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1867 Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens oil on canvas 49 x 70 cm The National Gallery, London |
 |
| 1867 At the Louvre oil on wood panel 23.6 x 18 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany |
 |
| 1867 Blind Man's Bluff gouache on paper 29.4 x 22.7 cm Private Collection |
 |
| 1867 Should I open? watercolour and gouache with gum arabic 30.2 x 22.7 cm |
 |
| 1867 Szene auf einem Maskenball in ritterlicher Tracht / Rathe, wer ist's? (Scene at a masked ball in chivalrous costume / Who is it?) print 21.3 x 17.5 cm © The Trustees of the British Museum, London |
 |
| 1867 View from a window in the Marienstrasse gouache over chalk Oskar Reinhart Foundation, Winterthur |
 |
| 1868 Borussia oil on canvas 112.5 x 61.5 cm Alte Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1868 Sermon in the Beechwood at Kösen oil on canvas 70 x 58 cm Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary |
 |
| 1869 Choirstalls in Mainz Cathedral gouache 12.2 x 24.5 cm Landesmuseum Mainz, Frankfurt, Germany |
 |
| 1869 Diploma for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Heckmann Factory gouache 50 x 61 cm Private Collection |
 |
| 1869 Meissonier in his studio at Poissy oil on panel 22.5 x 29 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
 |
| 1869 The choir-stalls in the Mainz Cathedral watercolour and gouache (with gum arabic) 22.6 x 28.9 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
 |
| 1869 Weekday in Paris oil on canvas 48.4 x 69.5 cm Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany |
 |
| 1870 Break in the Ball oil on canvas 31.5 x 39.6 cm Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek München |
 |
| c1870-80 Female figure, dancer 25 x 15.7 cm © The Trustees of the British Museum, London |
 |
| 1870-79 Studies of a young woman graphite on paper 15.9 x 24.1 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
 |
| 1871 Bilse Concert gouache 17.8 x 12 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1871 Departure of King William I for the army, 31 July 1870 oil on canvas 63 x 78 cm Alte Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1871 French Prisoners of War on the March gouache 21.1 x 19.2 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1871 Soldier of the Prussian Landwehr and French prisoners (unfinished) gouache 21 x 19.7 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1871 The waterproof coat of General Moltke graphite with black and grey wash heightened with white gouache on tan wove paper 39.6 x 25.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
 |
| 1871 William I departs for the Front, July 31, 1870 oil on canvas 63 x 78 cm Alte Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| c1871 Painters preparing a transparent panel brown ink and gouache 33.4 x 25 cm Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany |
 |
| 1872 Figure studies carpenter's pencil 37.9 x 26.3 cm The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
 |
| 1872 Recollection of the Luxembourg Gardens oil on canvas 21.5 x 28.5 cm The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
 |
| 1872 The interior of the Jacobskirche at Innsbruck gouache on wove paper 40 x 26.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
 |
| 1872 The Studio Wall oil on canvas 111 x 79 cm Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany |