Adolph von Menzel
(1815–1905) German artist (1815–1905)
Adolph von Menzel (1815–1905) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Adolph von Menzel belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Adolph von Menzel was born in Wrocław and died in Berlin. Adolph von Menzel trained at Prussian Academy of Arts and Academy of Arts, Berlin. Adolph von Menzel worked in Berlin and Bad Harzburg. Wikidata associates Adolph von Menzel with realism. Adolph von Menzel became a member of Royal Academy of Arts and Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Order of the Black Eagle, honorary citizen of Berlin, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, and Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.
The best-known works include ‘Studio Wall’, ‘Laying out the March Dead’, and ‘Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 114 works by Adolph von Menzel with free images. The dated works span the years 1838–1899. Works by Adolph von Menzel are held by several collections, among them Alte Nationalgalerie, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Hamburger Kunsthalle, and Nationalmuseum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Domenico Induno, Alfred Elmore, Hans Jørgen Hammer, Carlo Bossoli, and Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux.