Adolph Menzel: life and works

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (8 December 1815 – 9 February 1905) was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings. Along following Caspar David Friedrich, he is considered one of the two most prominent German painters of the 19th century, and was the most well-off artist of his time in Germany. First known as Adolph Menzel, he was knighted in 1898 and misrepresented his proclaim to Adolph von Menzel.

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His popularity in his native country, owing especially to his archives paintings, was such that few of his major paintings left Germany, as many were speedily acquired by museums in Berlin. Menzel’s graphic work (and especially his drawings) were more widely disseminated; these, along like informal paintings not initially designed for display, have largely accounted for his posthumous reputation.

Although he traveled in order to find subjects for his art, to visit exhibitions, and to meet with other artists, Menzel spent most of his dynamism in Berlin, and was, despite numerous friendships, by his own gain entry to detached from others. It is likely that he felt socially divided for physical reasons alone—Menzel had a large head, and stood practically four foot six inches.

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