What We Love About: Menzel
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What We Love About: Menzel
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Side Shave Laura
This is spectacularly useful, thank you for creating this piece breaking down Adolf Menzel's work, I never realized he had those incredibly detailed portraits ... his work is so expressive.
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This video is part an ongoing series that delves into art making techniques, art history, and the artists themselves.

In this particular video I talk about some of the things that made Adolf Menzel’s work so amazing. As a painter his works were often applauded for their honesty. Looking at them today I would say that they are less idealized than what many of the artists in his day were making. In some ways this can be an outgrowth from the shorter time he spend in academia as the practice of idealization often comes from a prolonged exposure to the conventions of art making particular to a school or group. Menzel’s work is as singular as it is impressive and he continues to be an inspiration to aspiring artists both inside and outside contemporary academies.

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Stephen Bauman
In this video I talk about the techniques and artwork of a 19th century master, Adolf Menzel
Stan Prokopenko
Great episode! I really like how raw and true to life that foot painting is.
Stephen Bauman
Hey thanks for checking it out!
Side Shave Laura
This is spectacularly useful, thank you for creating this piece breaking down Adolf Menzel's work, I never realized he had those incredibly detailed portraits ... his work is so expressive.
Stephen Bauman
Glad you found this helpful! Some of his best work flies a bit under the radar. Have you got a favourite painting by him yet? Mine is probably the cast wall.
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