Artist: Adolf Von Menzel (1815 - 1905)
Nationality: German
Movement: Romanticism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Taught by his schoolteacher and lithographer father, Adolph von Menzel exhibited his first drawing in Breslau in 1928. Upon his family’s move to Berlin in 1830, Von Menzel worked for his father’s company as a book illustrator. In 1833, he displayed a series of illustrations for the work of Goethe at the Berlin Academy. He later focused on a military-themed series and historical woodcuts. Von Menzel produced the first German political painting in response to the 1848 Revolution and titled it The Lying in State of the March Fallen. He worked as a war artist during the Seven Weeks’ War in 1866 and the Franco-German War in the early 1870’s, and was awarded the highest honor, the Ordre Pour le Meritie.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Adolf von Menzel, The Bearpit in the Zoo, 1851
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Adolf von Menzel, [Portrait], 1777
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Adolf von Menzel, Nach Dem Diner, 1885
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Adolf von Menzel, Title page, 1851
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William Rothenstein, Adolf von Menzel, 1902
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William Rothenstein, Adolf von Menzel, 1902
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Adolf von Menzel, Lady Reading at the Fireplace, 1851
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Adolf von Menzel, Train of Prisoners in the Forest, 1851
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Adolf von Menzel, Portrait of the poet Moliere, 1850
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Adolf von Menzel, Pursuit in the Spiral Staircase, 1851
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Adolf von Menzel, [Casse], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Man throwing another man outside], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Fence], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Bed set in wilderness], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Man with snuff], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, Militair (Soldier), 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, Jurist (Lawyer), 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, Meissonier"s Studio, circa 1880 - 1889
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Adolf von Menzel, Kaufmann (Merchant), 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, Study of a Tree, circa 1885 - 1890
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Adolf von Menzel, Das enfliehende Jahr (The Fleeing Year), 1834
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Adolf von Menzel, Maurergesellenbrief (Diploma for journeymen masons), 1838
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Adolf von Menzel, Game of Hoops on the Castle Terrace, 1851
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Adolf von Menzel, Die gewiegten Flaschen (The Rocking Bottles), 1834
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Adolf von Menzel, Die zerbrochene Flasche (The Broken Bottle), 1834
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Adolf von Menzel, [Architectual structure], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Woman looking through door], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Three men and a woman indoors], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Two women servants], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [People conversing], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, Stille Teilnahme (Silent Sympathy), 1887
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Adolf von Menzel, [Street scene], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Setting the table], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Man standing in doorway], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Man putting on a coat], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, Christus als Knabe im Tempel (Christ as a boy in the Temple), 1852
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Adolf von Menzel, Beamter (Civil Servant), 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Man sprinkling seeds over two figures], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Man walking on path through snow], 19th - 20th century
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Adolf von Menzel, [Woman pointing to man reading], 19th - 20th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Georgia Museum of Art: Recent Acquisitions of American Works on Paper
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National Gallery: Spirit of an Age: 19th-Century Paintings from the Nationalgalerie, Berlin
The Nationalgalerie was designed to provide a showcase for contemporary German art. To...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Romantics, Realists, Revolutionaries: 19th-Century German Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig
For several reasons, the MFAH is a natural venue to showcase 19th-century German art from the Leipzig Museum. Perhaps the most compelling reason is ...
National Gallery of Art: Spirit of an Age: Nineteenth-Century Paintings from the Nationalgalerie, Berlin
The museum, which opened in 1876 to house the Prussian king's collection of paintings and sculpture, is currently closed for renovations as part of a larger ...
Frick Collection: Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art
Among the other artists represented in the exhibition are Northern European masters Matthias Grünewald, Jan van Goyen, Adoph von Menzel, Piet Mondrian, and Paul Klee. Italian artists include Fra Bartolommeo, Rosso Fiorentino, Federico Barocci, Gi...
Ketterer Kunst: Old and New Masters to be Represented in the 256th Auction
Karl Spitzweg's Vision, the highlight among the New Masters, is estimated at DM 120,000 – 130,000. The Munich painter depicts the impressive moment of the apparition of an angel with an effective lighting. A hermit in his lonesome forest cave is a...

Further Artwork and Information:

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Biographie: Adolph von Menzel, 1815-1905
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