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The Berlin-Potsdam Railway
Painting by Adolph Menzel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Berlin-Potsdam Railway is an oil-on-canvas painting by German artist Adolph Menzel, created in 1847. It belongs to the early creative phase of the artist and depicts a section of the Berlin-Potsdam Railway, opened in 1838, at the southwest of the city center of Berlin, in a style that seems to anticipate impressionism. This is the first painting to depict a railway train in the landscape in German painting. The work belongs to the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie, in Berlin, since 1899.[1][2]
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Artist | Adolph Menzel |
Year | 1847 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 42 cm × 52 cm (17 in × 20 in) |
Location | Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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