Adolph Menzel's guest appearances

Adolph Menzel

Getty Art + Ideas

John Adams

Edmund de Waal

Julius Shulman

Frank Gehry

William Blake

Paul Revere

Richard Neutra

Thelma Golden

Mary Miller

Carleton Watkins

Dorothea Lange

Jackson Pollock

Hannah Rothschild

Ray Kappe

Robert Irwin

OwlTail

Werner Busch

Adolph Menzel was a 19th-century pioneer of German realism. His paintings, drawings, and prints capture reality with remarkable truth and atmosphere. In this episode, art historian Werner Busch discusses why there has been so little published about this important artist in English. He also examines the biographical and historical events that shaped Menzel’s work and the course it took. Busch is former professor of art history at Freie Universität Berlin and author of "Adolph Menzel: The Quest for Reality" (Getty Publications, 2017).

Adolph Menzel was a 19th-century pioneer of German realism. His paintings, drawings, and prints capture reality with remarkable truth and atmosphere. In this episode, art historian Werner Busch discusses why there has been so little published about this important artist in English. He also examines the biographical and historical events that shaped Menzel’s work and the course it took. Busch is former professor of art history at Freie Universität Berlin and author of "Adolph Menzel: The Quest for Reality<em>"</em> (Getty Publications, 2017).

Werner Busch on Adolph Menzel