The Locomotive’s Whistle, 1913
Oil on canvas
(H x W)75 × 75 cm
About the workA building site stretches out on the edge of a large city, ist buildings towering high into the sky. The white steam of a locomotive stands out against the red horizon. As a result of technological progress and industrialisation, Berlin rose rapidly at the beginning of the 20th century to become Germany’s economic metropolis. The Zwickau-born painter Max Pechstein, a founding member of the Brücke group of artists, captured the urban development in Berlin-Schmargendorf in this painting. After studying at the Academy of Art in Dresden, he moved to Berlin in 1908.
AccessionAcquisition 1961
Provenance[...]; ca. 1917-1961 Dr. Karl Lilienfeld (Leipzig 1885 - 1966 Cademario, Tessin), Leipzig/Berlin/New York; 1961 Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Robert Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart; 1961 angekauft vom Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett
Inventory number0.1961.5474
