The Garden of the Orphanage in Amsterdam

Painting by Max Liebermann

The Garden of the Orphanage in Amsterdam

German: Der Garten des Waisenhauses in Amsterdam
Artist| Max Liebermann
Year| 1894
Medium| oil painting on canvas
Movement| Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Realism
Subject| Dutch girls in the garden of the municipal orphanage of Amsterdam
Dimensions| 117 cm × 152.5 cm (46 in × 60.0 in)[1]
Location| Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg

The Garden of the Orphanage in Amsterdam is a 1894 painting by German painter Max Liebermann, a figure of Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism. It is now in the Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 55.974.0.680.[1]

The painting was bought by the museum's director, Wilhelm von Bode, in the very year of its completion. It is the last in a series of works depicting scenes from the Amsterdam orphanage, begun in 1876 with a series of drawings in situ and culminating in several oil paintings, the largest of which are now in the Städel Museum of Frankfurt (1882), the Kunsthalle of Hamburg (1885), and the Strasbourg museum.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Le Jardin de l'orphelinat communal de la ville d'Amsterdam". Retrieved 14 August 2020.
2. ^ Geyer, Marie-Jeanne (February 2008). Les collections du musée d'art moderne et contemporain de la ville de Strasbourg. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. p. 34\. ISBN 978-2-901833-82-6.

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Max Liebermann

Paintings|

* Women Plucking Geese (1872)
* The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple (1879)
* Bleaching on the Lawn (1882–1883)
* The Garden of the Orphanage in Amsterdam (1894)
* Portrait of the Painter Lovis Corinth (1899)
* Two Riders on the Beach (1901)

Museums|

* Liebermann Villa

Family|

* Martha Liebermann (wife)
* Felix Liebermann (brother)
* Carl Theodore Liebermann (cousin)
* Emil Rathenau (cousin)

Related|

* Berlin Secession
* Impressionism
* Realism

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* Joconde

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