“Living Room with the Artist’s Sister, Emilie”
This lovely oil on paper mounted on millboard painting is by the German realist artist, Adolph Menzel, from 1847, and is titled “Living Room with the Artist’s Sister, Emilie.” This is one of several domestic scenes that Menzel painted of his sister (see “Emilie Menzel Asleep“).
At this time in his life, Menzel was straying away from illustrations, the medium that made him successful, and started doing more standalone pieces of art. Besides large-scale history paintings, during this period, Menzel also painted domestic scenes of daily life, such as this painting here.
“Living Room with the Artist’s Sister, Emilie” is currently in the collections of the Neue Pinakothek art museum in Munich, Germany.
For more on Adolph Menzel, please visit his short biography here.
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