Abstract

In contrast to the immense scale, complexity, and modernity of industrial production depicted in his famous work The Iron Rolling Mill (1875), this relatively small painting by Adolph Menzel is devoted to the survival of guilds and older ways of doing things: the workplace shows a shop were everyone knows each other.

Adolph Menzel, Knife-grinder’s Workshop in the Hofgastein Smithy (1881)

Source

Source: Adolph Menzel, Schleiferei in der Schmiede zu Hofgastein [Knife-grinder’s Workshop in the Hofgastein Smithy]. Oil on canvas (1881). Hamburger Kunsthalle.
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Recommended Citation

Adolph Menzel, Knife-grinder’s Workshop in the Hofgastein Smithy (1881), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/ghdi:image-5078> [April 26, 2024].

Related Sources

Adolph Menzel, Self-Portrait in a Rolling Mill (1872)

Adolph Menzel, Worker Eating, Multiple Views (c. 1872)

Adolph Menzel, Procession in Hofgastein (1880)

Giovanni Boldini, Adolph Menzel (1895)

Adolph Menzel, Studio Wall (1872)