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Exhibition Review
Germany’s celebration of Caspar David Friedrich’s 250th anniversary
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 694–701
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Author:
Scholl, Christian (Scholl, Christian)
Subjects
artists:
Friedrich, Caspar David
museums and institutions:
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany / Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany / Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Dresden, Germany
subjects:
Anniversaries / German art / Paintings / German drawings / Iconography / Technical analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Front view of Mountainous river landscape (morning), by Caspar David Friedrich. After 1820. Pencil, watercolour, soot ink and black opaque paint on paper, 7.42 by 12.7 cm. (Graphische Sammlung, Kassel; exh. Neues Museum, Kassel).
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2. Front view with backlighting of Mountainous river landscape (night), by Caspar David Friedrich. After 1820. Pencil, watercolour, soot ink and black opaque paint on paper, 7.42 by 12.7 cm. (Graphische Sammlung, Kassel; exh. Neues Museum, Kassel).
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3. Sea of ice, by Caspar David Friedrich. 1823/24. Oil on canvas, 96.7 by 126.9 cm. (© Christoph Irrgang; Hamburger Kunsthalle).
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4. Monastery graveyard in snow, copy by an unknown artist after Caspar David Friedrich. After 1855. Oil on canvas, 120 by 173 cm. (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
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5. Woman at the window, by Caspar David Friedrich. 1822. Oil on canvas, 45 by 32.7 cm. (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin; exh. Albertinum, Dresden).
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6. Large enclosure near Dresden, by Caspar David Friedrich. 1832. Oil on canvas, 73.5 by 103 cm. (Albertinum, Dresden).
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7. Landscape with the flight into Egypt, by Claude Lorrain. 1647. Oil on canvas, 102.5 by 135 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; exh. Albertinum, Dresden).
Exhibition Review
Monet and London: Views of the Thames Monet and the Impressionist Cityscape
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 32-4
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Monet, Claude / Jongkind, Johann Barthold / Meryon, Charles / Pissarro, Camille / Luce, Maximilien / Matisse, Henri
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Great Britain / Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
places:
London / Paris
subjects:
French art / Cityscapes / Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Monet and the Impressionist Cityscape Edited by Ralph Gleis and Josephine Hein. 120 pp. incl. 82 col. + b. & w. ills. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and Hirmer, Munich, 2024), £29.95. ISBN 978–3774–4404–9. | :
subjects:
Monet and London: Views of the Thames Courtauld Gallery, London 27th September 2024–19th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Waterloo bridge, effet de soleil (sunlight effect), by Claude Monet. 1903. Oil on canvas, 73.8 by 98.1 cm. (Milwaukee Art Museum; exh. Courtauld Gallery, London).
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2. Charing Cross Bridge, la Tamise (the Thames), by Claude Monet. 1903. Oil on canvas, 73.4 by 100.3 cm. (Musée des Beaux- Arts, Lyon; exh. Courtauld Gallery, London).
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3. Quai du Louvre, by Claude Monet. 1867. Oil on canvas, 65.1 by 92.6 cm. (Kunstmuseum Den Haag; exh. Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
Exhibition Review
Decadence and Dark Dreams: Belgian Symbolism
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 278-280
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Reviewer:
Anklam, Nico (Anklam, Nico)
Subjects
artists:
Minne, George / Khnopff, Fernand / Stuck, Franz von / Spilliaert, Léon
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Belgian painting / Belgian sculpture / Symbolist movement
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Decadence and Dark Dreams: Belgian Symbolism Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin 18th September 2020– 17th January 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Installation view of Fountain with kneeling youths, by George Minne, in Decadence and Dark Dreams: Belgian Symbolism, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2021.
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12. Caresses, by Fernand Khnopff. 1896. Oil on canvas, 50 by 150 cm. (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; exh. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
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13. Self-portrait (2 November), by Léon Spillaert. 1908. Mixed media on paper, 49 by 63.8 cm. (Private collection; exh. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
Exhibition Review
Anton Graff
02/2014 | 1331 | 156
Pages: 132-133
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Reviewer:
Walczak, Gerrit (Walczak, Gerrit)
Subjects
artists:
Graff, Anton
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany / Museum Stiftung Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur, Switzerland
places:
Winterthur / Switzerland / Germany / Berlin
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
84. Friederike von Helldorf, by Anton Graff (Private collection, Düsseldorf; exh. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin)
Attributed works:
85. Self-portrait, by Anton Graff (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; exh. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin)
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86. Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, by Anton Graff (Universität Leipzig; exh. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin)
Publication Received
The Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin
07/2006 | 1240 | 148
Pages: 496
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Reviewer:
Stonard, John-Paul (Stonard, John-Paul)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
print:
Collections, Public / Berlin / Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Collections, Public
subjects:
Restoration (process)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin | editor: Keisch, Claude
Editorial
Berlin's Museumsinsel
02/2006 | 1235 | 148
Pages: 71-72
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Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Bodemuseum, Berlin, Germany
museums and institutions:
Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany
museums and institutions:
Pergamonmuseum, Berlin, Germany
museums and institutions:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
places:
Germany / Berlin
print:
Collections, Public / Berlin / Bodemuseum, Berlin, Germany
print:
Collections, Public / Berlin / Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
National museums / Collections, Public / History / Funding
Exhibition Review
Goya. Berlin and Vienna
11/2005 | 1232 | 147
Pages: 774-775
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Reviewer:
Tomlinson, Janis A. (Tomlinson, Janis A.; Tomlinson, Janis)
Subjects
artists:
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria / Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
places:
Vienna / Germany / Berlin / Austria
print:
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Goya: Prophet der Moderne | institution: Alte Nationalgalerie , institution: Kunsthistorisches Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
63. Poor woman with two young boys at a well, by Francisco de Goya. 1786. 35.4 by 18.4 cm. (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; exh. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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64. The picnic, by Francisco de Goya. c.1798. 41.3 by 25.8 cm. (National Gallery, London; exh. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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65. Prison scene, by Francisco de Goya. ?After 1794. Tin plate, 42.9 by by 31.7 cm. (bowes Museum, Barnard Castle; exh. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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66. Yard with lunatics, by Francisco de Goya. 1794. Tin plate, 43.5 by 32.4 cm. (meadows Museum, Dallas; exh. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin)
Exhibition Review
Pre-Raphaelite Vision. London and Berlin
05/2004 | 1214 | 146
Pages: 341-342
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Reviewer:
Grieve, Alastair (Grieve, Alastair; Grieve, A. I.; Grieve, Alistair; Grieve, Alastair Ian)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
places:
England / London / Berlin / Germany
print:
Pre-Raphaelite art
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / Pre-Raphaelite / British painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pre-Raphaelite Vision: Truth to Nature | institution: Alte Nationalgalerie , institution: Tate Britain
Illustrations
Attributed works:
59. Hampstead from my window, by Ford Madox Brown. 1857. Watercolour on paper, 14 by 21.6 cm. (Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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60. Gordale Scar, Yorkshire, by John William Inchbold. c.1875-76. 125.4 by 91.3 cm. (Tate, London).
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61. The artist's garden, by Rosa Brett. c.1859. Panel. 15.6 by 14.2 cm. (David Dallas collection; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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62. The glacier of Rosenlaui, by John Brett. 1856. 44.5 by 41.9 cm. (Tate Britain, London).
Exhibition Review
Max Liebermann. Berlin, Leipzig and Hanover
05/1998 | 1142 | 140
Pages: 348-350
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Reviewer:
Osmond, Jonathan (Osmond, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Liebermann, Max
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
museums and institutions:
Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
museums and institutions:
Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover, Germany
places:
Germany / Berlin / Leipzig / Hannover
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
50. Recreation in the Amsterdam Orphanage, by Max Liebermann. 1881-82. 78.5 by 107.5 cm. (Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt; Exh. Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig).
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51. Workers in the Turnip Field, by Max Liebermann. 1874-76. 98 by 209 cm. (Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hanover; Exh. Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig).
Attributed works:
52. Self-Portrait with Kitchen Still Life, by Max Liebermann. 1873. 85.3 by 139 cm. (Städtisches Museum, Gelsenkirchen; Exh. Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig).
Attributed works:
53. Self-Portrait, by Max Liebermann. 1916. 73.7 by 94 cm. (Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hanover; Exh. Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig).
Book Review
Die Deutsche Malerei von Anton Graff bis Hans von Marees, 1760-1870 [and: The Romantic Spirit. German Drawings 1780-1850 from the Nationalgalerie, Berlin and the Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden]
10/1989 | 1039 | 131
Pages: 718
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Reviewer:
Andrews, Keith (K. A., K. K. A.) (Andrews, Keith (K. A., K. K. A.); Andrews, Keith K.; A., K.; A., K. K.)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1899
museums and institutions:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
museums and institutions:
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany
places:
Germany
subjects:
German painting / Romanticism
subjects:
Catalogues / Drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Die Deutsche Malerei von Anton Graff bis Hans von Marees, 1760-1870; The Romantic Spirit. German Drawings 1780-1850 from the Nationalgalerie, Berlin and the Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden | author: Betthausen, Peter , author: Börsch-Supan, Helmut
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