Drawing Detail
In the FieldArtist: Max Liebermann
Medium: Drawings, Pastel on grey paper, 54x79 cm
Date: c. 1890
Genre: Genre Painting
Source: State Museum of New Western Art, Moscow, 1935
A member of a wealthy family, Liebermann devoted the first part of his career to simple subjects from the lives of peasants and craftsmen. This pastel is one of the last in this series. In the 1890s, he moved from social subject matter to joyful, light-filled landscape and interior.