The Silesian Weavers , 1844

ArtistCarl Wilhelm Hübner, Kaliningrad 1814–1879 Düsseldorf

Oil on canvas

Dimensions without frame77,5 × 104,5 cm

Dimensions with frame91 × 117,2 cm

Status

on display, room 010.2

About the workThe communist Friedrich Engels found pictures such as this “more effective for socialism than a hundred pamphlets”. Anxious weavers are shown waiting for the factory owner’s verdict on the cloth they have made. Through his gestures, the folds of the cloth and the dog, the factory owner is depicted like a ruler. The Düsseldorf artist Carl Wilhelm Hübner became known for his novel images of contemporary social ills. In this main work he devoted himself to the plight of the Silesian weavers, which culminated in an uprising shortly after the painting was completed.

AccessionAcquisition 1976

Provenance[...]; mind. 1851 -1855 vermutl. Düsseldorf Gallery, New York; spät. 29.12.1861 Sammlung Alexander Turney Stewart, USA; o.D. Kanadischer Kunsthandel; spät. 1976 Düsseldorfer Kunsthandel erworben aus dem Kanadischen Kunsthandel; 26.10.1976 angekauft von der Galerie Paffrath, Düsseldorf mit Unterstützung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Inventory numberM 1976-1

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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