The Artists on Their Journey
1819
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Johann Adam Klein
Johann Adam Klein (1792–1875) was a German artist, born in Nuremberg.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Artists on Their Journey is a 1819 by Johann Adam Klein, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see five young artists hiking through a mountain pass, easels strapped to their backs and sketchbooks in hand. This painting is a snapshot of a real trip Klein took with friends in 1818. They walked for weeks, drawing the Alps to feed their creativity. The backpacks and rolled-up canvases aren’t just props—they show how artists back then carried their studios with them. If you like this idea of artists on the move, look up *Germany, 19th century*.
This image was created to capture the memory of a walking tour by the artist and four friends through the Salzburg-Berchtesgaden region of the Alps in August, 1818. Klein depicted his friends—all artists—with backpacks, easels, and satchels for carrying their artist’s materials. Artists working in the Romantic era placed importance on travel as a path to self-knowledge and creative inspiration.
The artists portrayed in this print were friends who walked through the Bavarian Alps together in 1818 in order to sketch the alpine landscapes they encountered.
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Johann Adam Klein (1792–1875) was a German artist, born in Nuremberg.
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