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Hans Schadow
The Berlin Canvas Berlin, 1862. Hans Otto Julius Schadow enters a world that will eventually see him translate the textures of German life onto oil and wood. His early years in the Prussian capital set the stage for a career defined by the precise observation of both the famous and the forgotten. He moves through the late nineteenth century with a brush capable of capturing the stern profile of Otto von Bismarck or the delicate presence
of the singer Adelina Patti. The work emerges from the studio in distinct layers. There is the heavy, tactile nature of oil on canvas, seen in his 1896 portrait of Rudolf Virchow. Then there is the intimacy of smaller works, where he utilizes wood as a support, such as his 1891 depiction of the Alte Hamburger Post. These surfaces dictate the weight of his strokes. A Study of Form and Figure Schadow’s focus shifts between the monument…