One of the most famous paintings in the Von der Heydt Museum is the Barmen view 'Brücke über Schwarzbachstrasse', painted by the artist Carl Grossberg in 1927. Taken from an elevated viewpoint, it depicts the monumental bridge piers in a striking red colour. They support the filigree construction of the railway tracks, which glide into the row of houses rising up the slope, painted in yellow and light green. Typical of his New Objectivity style, Grossberg also included realistic details such as the signalling system and the stalls at the bottom of the road.
Grossberg was born in 1894 in Elberfeld. In the early 1920s he was a student of Lyonel Feininger at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar, and after graduating he settled near Würzburg. His favourite subjects were cityscapes and, in particular, industrial plants. He died on home leave in 1940, having been drafted at the start of the war.
- Material & Technik
- Öl auf Holz
- Museum
- Kunst- und Museumsverein
- Datierung
- 1927
- Inventarnummer
- KMV 8