Unsolved Questions, 1887

ArtistEmil Schwabe, Zielenzig (Brandenburg) 1856–1924 Zielenzig

Oil on canvas

Dimensions without frame80 × 120,2 cm

Dimensions with frame112 × 154,2 × 12,5 cm

Status

on display, room 013

About the workThree different temperaments – but more importantly three different political attitudes – meet under the portrait of the then Reich Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. At the time this painting was created, great social inequality was causing political unrest. The gentleman on the left can be interpreted as a conservative, the one in the middle as a reformer and the one on the right as a representative of Christian-based politics. After studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Emil Schwabe continued to live in this city on the Rhine for almost 20 years before moving to Berlin in 1898.

AccessionGift 1887

Provenance[...]; 1887 erworben durch Schenkung von Regierungsrat von Waetjen, Düsseldorf

Inventory numberM 4051

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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