| | Adolph Menzel(1st Edition) The Quest for Reality by Werner Busch, Carola Kleinstuck-Schulman Hardcover, 284 Pages, Published 2017 by Getty Research Institute ISBN-13: 978-1-60606-517-4, ISBN: 1-60606-517-3
"The work of Adolph Menzel (1815–1905) is widely regarded as the epitome of realist art. From the very beginning of his career, he captured the beauty and horror of reality with unflinching precision, and he was a consummate master of atmosphere. A man of very short stature, Menzel was excluded from many aspects of life, and so his struggle with reality was also a struggle to assert himself. Werner Busch’s comprehensive new study sheds l ..."
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