1914
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Power-House, Berlin is a 1914 ink by Joseph Pennell, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a busy industrial scene with tall smokestacks, cranes, and a maze of train tracks. Workers and trains fill the lower half, while smoke rises from the stacks. The lines are loose and quick, almost like a hurried sketch. The artist focused on the raw energy of a power plant, capturing the chaos of machinery and movement. The smokestacks dominate the background, while the tracks and workers create a tangled network below. Want to know more about how this was made? Look up lithography.
Joseph Pennell (July 4, 1857 – April 23, 1926) was an American draftsman, etcher, lithographer, and illustrator for books and magazines.
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