In a Railway Carriage (After a Night's Journey)
Adolph Menzel German, 1815–1905
1851
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front.
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About this work
This is a remarkable example of an early work from a pioneering proponent of Realism. Menzel revealed the unglamorous aspect of bourgeois train travel in many compelling details: a man asleep in a contorted position, a wistful woman gazing out at early morning light, the detritus of their journey around them. Menzel began to use opaque watercolor (gouache) in 1850, combining it with pastel (and oil) as seen here.
- Artist
- Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel
- Date
- 1851
- Medium
- Gouache, with touches of pastel and oil paint, on cream wove paper, laid down on Japanese paper
- Origin
- Germany
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Reference
- 2012.554 · Art Institute of Chicago