Zug der Düsseldorfer Künstler, Fries in vier Blättern

Procession of Düsseldorf Artists, Frieze in four Sheets, 1837

Series titleProcession of Düsseldorf Artists, Frieze in four Sheets

ArtistAndreas Achenbach, Kassel 1815–1910 Düsseldorf

DepictedEmil Ebers, Wrocław 1807–1884 Bytom

DepictedHeinrich Karl Anton Mücke, Wrocław 1806–1891 Düsseldorf

DepictedJulius Hübner, Olesnica 1806–1882 Dresden

DepictedEduard Steinbrück, Magdeburg 1802–1882 Ladek-Zdrój (Bad Landeck)

DepictedRudolf von Normann, Szczecin 1806–1882 Dessau

DepictedTheodor Hildebrandt, Szczecin 1804–1874 Düsseldorf

Colour lithograph

Sheet dimensions26,9 × 57,2 cm

Status

not on display

About the workRenowned for his landscape paintings, Andreas Achenbach reveals a different side here: he provides a satirical glimpse into the Düsseldorf art scene. The frieze, which consists of four colour lithographs, invites the viewer to recognise the figures caricatured within. The “Zug der Düsseldorfer Künstler” (Procession of Düsseldorf Artists) offers a foretaste of Achenbach’s political caricatures, which he would go on to create in the revolutionary year of 1848. In these works he denounced the authoritarianism of the Prussian state and its “poor cultural policy”.

AccessionAcquisition 1919

Provenance[...]; 1.5.1919 angekauft von Fritz Bürmann

Inventory numberK 1919-71b

Contact

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