. A short history of art . LEXBACH ELEANOR DUSE AXD MARIA LENBACH A charming- sketch of another of Pilotys pupils. PAINTING IN GERMANY 581 chalets, over the roofs of which appear snowy peaks, risingagainst the morning sky. It is a characteristically whole-some and happy scene, a little idealised by simple Biirkel (1802-1869) displayed a partiality forsnowy landscapes and for scenes of the high road, whileKarl Spitzweg (1808-1885) touches the more intimate lifewith a tender romance. In At the Garret Window, for ex-ample, one sees a middle-aged bachelor, carefully wateringhis


. A short history of art . LEXBACH ELEANOR DUSE AXD MARIA LENBACH A charming- sketch of another of Pilotys pupils. PAINTING IN GERMANY 581 chalets, over the roofs of which appear snowy peaks, risingagainst the morning sky. It is a characteristically whole-some and happy scene, a little idealised by simple Biirkel (1802-1869) displayed a partiality forsnowy landscapes and for scenes of the high road, whileKarl Spitzweg (1808-1885) touches the more intimate lifewith a tender romance. In At the Garret Window, for ex-ample, one sees a middle-aged bachelor, carefully wateringhis pot-flowers, while a girl at a distant window pausesin her work to watch him. On the other hand, a robusternote is struck in the work of Hermann Kauffmann (1808-1889), who belonged to the Munich group, but spent thelatter part of his career in his native city of Hamburg. Inhis scenes of peasant labour there is a bigness of feelingwhich makes him akin to Millet. In Berlin worked EduardMeyerheim (1808-1879), whose pictures o


Size: 1419px × 1761px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectart, bookyear1913