This is a drawing of an outdoor beer garden scene. The scene shows a group of individuals seated at long wooden tables beneath tall trees. The trees cast dappled shadows over the scene. Many figures are clustered together in conversation, drinks in hand. In the background, there is a building facade with small windows. The drawing conveys a sense of camaraderie and communal enjoyment of a shared outdoor space.
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This is a drawing of an outdoor beer garden scene. The scene shows a group of individuals seated at long wooden tables beneath tall trees. The trees cast dappled shadows over the scene. Many figures are clustered together in conversation, drinks in hand. In the background, there is a building facade with small windows. The drawing conveys a sense of camaraderie and communal enjoyment of a shared outdoor space.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Tavern Garden in Rosenheim

Max Liebermann

Date
1895
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 19 x 23.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.) sheet: 36.2 x 27.7 cm (14 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1992.47.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • German
  • taverns/cafes/inns
  • genre
Provenance

Dr. Ruth Ivor, New York; gift to NGA, 1992

Inscription

by later hand, lower right in graphite: M. Liebermann; by later hand, lower left in graphite: #1905; by later hand, across bottom verso in graphite: Schiefler 35 IVb2 Kellergarten i. Rosenheim

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