Art Institute of Chicago
In a Railway Carriage (After a Night's Journey)
Adolph Menzel- Date
- 1851
- Medium
- Gouache, with touches of pastel and oil paint, on cream wove paper, laid down on Japanese paper
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This is a remarkable example of an early work from a pioneering proponent of Realism. Menzel revealed the unglamorous aspect of bourgeois train travel in many compelling details: a man asleep in a contorted position, a wistful woman gazing out at early morning light, the detritus of their journey around them. Menzel began to use opaque watercolor (gouache) in 1850, combining it with pastel (and oil) as seen here.
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