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1.   Otto Günther, The Day Laborers' Table [Am Tagelöhnertisch] (1875)
This painting depicts a poor family of day laborers in the Thuringian region of central Germany. The artist, Otto Edmund Günther (1838-84), studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art from 1858 to 1861....
Otto Günther, <i>The Day Laborers' Table</i> [<i>Am Tagelöhnertisch</i>] (1875)
2.   Dresden Cityscape (1865)
This painting by Franz Wilhelm Leuteritz (1817-1902) shows members of Dresden society strolling on the Brühlsche Terrasse, known as “the balcony of Europe.” Leuteritz’s view includes the Augustus....
Dresden Cityscape (1865)
3.   "Der – Die – Das" (1897)
There is more behind this grammar lesson than meets the eye. Different segments of German society are identified by the artist, Bruno Paul, according to the gender of the nouns that describe their....
4.   Adolph Menzel, The Supper at the Ball [Das Ballsouper] (1878)
On the surface, both Anton von Werner (1843-1915) and Adolph Menzel (1815-1905) look like adoring painters of court life and royal pomp. Upon closer inspection, however, it becomes evident that Menzel’s....
Adolph Menzel, <I>The Supper at the Ball</i> [<I>Das Ballsouper</i>] (1878)
5.   Ball in the Berlin Opera House (c. 1875)
Conspicuous consumption and the equally conspicuous display of wealth, status, and power were as necessary for Germany’s upper classes as they were for the monarchy. It was important to see and be....
Ball in the Berlin Opera House (c. 1875)
6.   Novelist Theodor Fontane (1890)
The great German novelist Theodor Fontane (1819-1898), shown in this 1890 photo, was a friend and admirer of an artist whose most creative period also spanned the Bismarckian and Wilhelmine eras:....
Novelist Theodor Fontane (1890)
7.   "The Commercial Councilor" (1884)
This caricature by Adolf Oberländer (1845-1923) depicts a Jewish burgher proudly displaying his new patent of rank....
8.   Anton von Werner, Baptism in my House [Taufe in meinem Hause] (1879)
This painting is by Anton von Werner (1843-1915), the Hohenzollern dynasty’s preeminent painter of historical portraits and panoramas. It depicts the baptism of the artist’s oldest son Fritz on February....
Anton von Werner, <i>Baptism in my House</i> [<i>Taufe in meinem Hause</i>] (1879)
9.   Taking Tea On the Terrace of the Neue Palais (July 9, 1870)
In this photograph, taken just days before outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, counts, countesses, and high-ranking military officers enjoy light refreshments on the terrace of the Neue....
Taking Tea On the Terrace of the Neue Palais (July 9, 1870)
10.   Taking a Morning Walk – in Prison (1880)
A remarkable range of social classes and sartorial styles are represented in this sketch of inmates taking their morning exercise in the yard of the Stadtvogtei Prison in Berlin. This woodcut is....
Taking a Morning Walk – in Prison (1880)
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