Adolph Menzel, 1815-1905
Subtitle: between romanticism and impressionism
By: edited by Claude Keisch, Marie Ursula Riemann-Reyher.
Contributors: Keisch, Claude.; Riemann-Reyher, Marie Ursula.; Musée d'Orsay.; National Gallery of Art (U.S.); Alte Nationalgalerie (Germany)
Publisher: Yale University Press, in association with National Gallery of Art, Washington
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Haven; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
Subjects: Menzel, Adolph, 1815-1905 -- Exhibitions.; Realism in art -- Germany -- Exhibitions.; Impressionism (Art) -- Germany -- Exhibitions.
Other titles: Between romanticism and impressionism
Description: Famous across Europe and America, recipient of the highest possible honours in Germany including the order of the Black Eagle and elevation to nobility, admired by Degas as 'the greatest living master', Adolph Menzel was perhaps the greatest German painter of the late nineteenth century. In this splendidly illustrated book - the only comprehensive volume on Menzel in English - photographs of the artist and contemporary Berlin accompany reproductions of hundreds of his paintings and drawings.

Menzel specialists and art historians contribute chapters on his life and art, his visits to France, his critical reception, relevant social and historical background, and different approaches to his work.

Until recently, Menzel's many paintings and drawings were separated from one another in collections on either side of the Berlin Wall. Now, in the wake of reunification, the Berlin Museums have put together the most extensive Menzel exhibit since the retrospective that followed his death in 1905.

This book is the catalogue for the exhibit that had its debut at the Musee D'Orsay in Paris (April 15 to July 28), travels to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (September 15, 1996 to January 5, 1997) and returns to Nationalgalerie in Berlin (February 7 to May 11, 1997).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 464-472) and indexes.
Catalog of the exhibition held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 15 Apr. 28-July 1996; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 Sept. 1996-5 Jan. 1997; Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 7 February-11 May 1997.