The Nationalgalerie in Berlin was the first worldwide museum that purchased the painting of Edouard Manet.

In this painting, at first glance, we see some attractive and fashionable couple seems to be of high social ranks. These two are Edouard Manet’s friend. The Guillemets owns a clothing shop and was married to a woman present on the left-hand side of the painting. Their marital status was clear when a viewer saw rings on both of their hands and also give hints of some nearest intimate between them. Edouard Manet’s painting was mainly focused around the beautiful woman who was more prominently placed and colorfully dressed. There was a missing physical contact between them depicted from the dark cloth behind the bench and also the woman lacked a direct view with her husband depicts a sense of detachment. This was the primary theme in modern criticism artwork around the late 19th century.

It was believed that this painting protected several US soldiers during a bombing war so several soldiers photographed with this painting under a mine. This photo can be viewed at the U.S. National Archives Jean Baptiste Faure was the first who bought In the Conservatory along with three other pictures from Edouard Manet. This picture was then brought In 1896 by the museum Deutsche Nationalgalerie, Berlin. The dimensions of the painting were 115 cm × 150 cm or 45.3 in × 59.1 in.

The setting was a conservatory which was being used by Manet between 1878 and 1879 as a studio for almost nine months. Manet focused on the woman’s body that was focused on it. Manet’s sensuality transpires in his artwork though the subject had no importance in Manet’s life. Manet from In the Conservatory also distinguishes from another artist Edgar Degas who begun to paint a series of a woman washing and several scenes of the bathtub painted later, some ten years

The work can be viewed at Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.

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One of the most pleasant and the brightest paintings of artist, and has been considered unusually modern for the time in which it was created.

The painting is relatively small; it is like reminiscent of the illustrations of Bavarian romantics in literary works. This piece of art is an example of so-called private art, namely, it means that artist has created painting primarily for his pleasure. The artist’s inspiration was something immaterial since most of the surface of the work is empty. The viewer can feel the fresh air that enters the room and light breeze that moves the curtains. Sun’s rays illuminate and heat the room. The artist has caught play of shadows and reflections on the floor and in the mirror. Although you can see elements of incompleteness on the painting, they do not violate its inner harmony.

The work can be viewed at Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany.

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A landscape painting in which nature and cultivated human activity are in harmony. Shinkel depicted the socially unified effect of a major building project; against the backdrop of a beautiful urban Greek landscape where masculine Greek men erect an iconic temple with a double entryway. The original painting went missing and Wilhelm Ahlborn recreated it, which can be seen in museums. For Schinkel, the construction of a temple was an achievement and a symbol of a harmonious community as his vision of new Athens, post Turkish domination was characterized through his works

The work can be viewed at Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

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A lively group of children ran out of the narrow, dark gate to an imaginary stage with a lot of pushing and shoving at the back.

Waldmuller depicts a variety of emotions from playfulness to displeasure, aggression to tenderness and offers the viewers plenty of opportunity to reflect upon. Heightened chromatic tones and ckearly painstaking attention to every detail reveal Waldmuller’s mastery

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King Frederick was a passionate flautist and he conducted this concert on the occasion of the visit of his sister. The artist Adolf Menzel created a detailed depiction of music making, illuminated concert room with an opera atmosphere, shimmering candlelights all around, it’s reflections across the room, detailed flute and music stands. The overall composition and techniques used to reflect light across objects created lot of fascination among viewers and critics.

The work can be viewed at Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

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