Winter Evening on the Motorway, 1937
Oil on canvas
(H x W)60 × 80 cm
About the workAlthough planning for a German motorway network had already begun before the National Socialist era, the regime took pride in the large-scale expansion of major highways. The project was lauded as a symbol of technical, economic and cultural productivity. Artists were invited to document the construction project in their works and exhibitions were organised on this theme. Hans Schmitz-Wiedenbrück’s painting was likely created in this context, too. Until his death in the Second World War, the painter was extremely successful in the Nazi art world.
Accession
Acquisition 1937
Provenance1937 angekauft auf der Ausstellung "Lob der Arbeit" vom Künstler
Inventory number0.1937.4614
