Stonebreaking Woman, 1902

ArtistKarl Janssen, Düsseldorf 1855–1927 Düsseldorf

Marble

(H x W x D)92 × 98 × 120 cm

Status

on display, room 016

About the workWith this marble sculpture, which was unusually realistic for the time, Karl Janssen thematised the double role of women as mothers and workers. In the form of the stonebreaking woman – she was placed on a high pedestal that can no longer be erected because of its weight – he laments the misery and exploitation of the working class at the beginning of the twentieth century. Because of its emotive depiction, the work gained great recognition and was donated to the Düsseldorfer Kunstsammlungen in the same year that it was created. Janssen was a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1895 to 1921. One of his best-known students was the sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck.

AccessionGift 1902

Provenance1902 entstanden; 1902 Amtsgerichtsrat Dr. Alfred Marcus erworben auf der "Erinnerungsausstellung"; 1902 erworben durch Schenkung von Afred Marcus

Inventory numberP 1952-40

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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