Artist: Berthold Woltze
Date: 1860
Size: 94 x 77 cm
Museum: German Historical Museum (Berlin, Germany)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
Parents and (presumably) daughter in rural clothing read a letter with a tense expression on their faces. The two women hold the paper sitting at the table in their hands, while the male figure leans over their shoulders and reads along. The laid-back knitting indicates that work was interrupted. 1.1 million Germans left their homes around the middle of the century (1850-1857). In addition to those who no longer hoped for political freedom in the Old World after the failed revolution, it was above all the news of the outrageous American economic boom and the myth of the unlimited opportunities for hard-working, daring entrepreneurs on the other side of the Atlantic that brought the impoverished craftsmen from Europe to emigration. The letter in this picture on its last page, which the viewer can read:
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