Adolph von menzel biography of william

 

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).

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel began his career working in his father's lithography shop in Breslau (now Wroclaw in Poland) and later in Berlin, where his.

Adolph Menzel, full name being Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel, was a German realist artist who lived from to

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (8 December – 9 February ) was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings.

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings.

Departure of King Wilhelm I for the Army, July 31, is an oil on canvas painting by German artist Adolph Menzel, created in

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