1905
oil
canvas
From the collection of Hamburger Kunsthalle
Dominant colour
Professor Max Eugen Hermann Dennstedt is a 1905 oil by Max Liebermann, a Impressionism work, held at Hamburger Kunsthalle.
This painting depicts a man sitting at a desk, with another man standing behind him. The seated man is dressed in a dark suit and has a white beard. The standing man is also wearing a dark suit. The painting is done in a realistic style, with attention to detail in the subjects' facial expressions and clothing. The background is a plain white wall. The artist's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and dimensionality in the painting. To learn more about this technique, look up chiaroscuro.
Max Liebermann (20 July 1847 – 8 February 1935) was a German painter and printmaker, and one of the leading proponents of Impressionism in Germany and continental Europe.
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