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Albert Kruger After Max Liebermann, the Flax Barn at Laren - Antique Etching
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Albert Kruger After Max Liebermann, the Flax Barn at Laren - Antique Etching

19th century
Sold 24 January 2025 · Brave Fine Art
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This late-19th-century etching by German draughtsman Albert Kruger (b. 1858) is after a painting by Max Liebermann (1847-1935).

The rhythmical monotony of the spinners, organised like a rigid machine, echoes through the low barn. Youths, hunched by square windows, wind flax onto spindles. While women stand in clogged feet, working tirelessly with aching bones.

Liebermann captured their daily grind with aplomb, avoiding sentiment in favour of laborious reality. Yet, amid this harsh environment, he celebrates their efforts. The composition conveys determination with its lines and strong verticals while the atmosphere is one of steel rather than tortuous circumstance.

Liebermann was a realist yet he found light among the ordinary.

Originally published in The Art Journal, 1893, alongside a biography.

Held in a contemporary frame and glazed.

Learn more about Albert Kruger in our directory.

Medium: Etching on paper

Overall size: 16½” x 12” / 42cm x 31cm

Year of creation: 1893

Condition: Artwork presents well.

Date of Manufacture

Brave Fine Art has dated this Antique Framed Etching to the 1890s.

Physical Dimensions
Height
31cm (12.20")
Width
42cm (16.54")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Reference Numbers
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SA968788
Description
This late-19th-century etching by German draughtsman Albert Kruger (b. 1858) is after a painting by Max Liebermann (1847-1935).
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The rhythmical monotony of the spinners, organised like a rigid machine, echoes through the low barn.
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Youths, hunched by square windows, wind flax onto spindles. While women stand in clogged feet, working tirelessly with aching bones.

fig 1. A framed antique black and white etching depicting a group of people working inside a barn, set within a dark textured wooden frame and a cream mount.
fig 1. Albert Kruger After Max Liebermann, the Flax Barn at Laren - Antique Etching

Liebermann captured their daily grind with aplomb, avoiding sentiment in favour of laborious reality. Yet, amid this harsh environment, he celebrates their efforts. The composition conveys determination with its lines and strong verticals while the atmosphere is one of steel rather than tortuous circumstance.

fig 2. A framed antique black and white etching depicting a group of people working inside a barn, set within a dark textured wooden frame and a cream mount.
fig 2. Albert Kruger After Max Liebermann, the Flax Barn at Laren - Antique Etching

Liebermann was a realist yet he found light among the ordinary.

Originally published in The Art Journal, 1893, alongside a biography.

Held in a contemporary frame and glazed.

Learn more about Albert Kruger in our directory.

Medium: Etching on paper

Overall size: 16½” x 12” / 42cm x 31cm

Year of creation: 1893

Condition: Artwork presents well.

Date of Manufacture

Brave Fine Art has dated this Antique Framed Etching to the 1890s.

Height
31cm (12.20")
Width
42cm (16.54")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA968788
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Archive I A framed antique black and white etching depicting a group of people working inside a barn, set within a dark textured wooden frame and a cream mount. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Albert Kruger After Max Liebermann, the Flax Barn at Laren - Antique Etching

Archive II A framed antique black and white etching depicting a group of people working inside a barn, set within a dark textured wooden frame and a cream mount. View II
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A framed antique black and white etching depicting a group of people working inside a barn, set within a dark textured wooden frame and a cream mount.
Albert Kruger After Max Liebermann, The Flax Barn at Laren - Antique Etching
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A framed antique black and white etching depicting a group of people working inside a barn, set within a dark textured wooden frame and a cream mount.
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  • ObjectFramed Prints
  • Period19th century
  • StyleRealism
  • MaterialPaper, Wood, Glass
  • ColourMonochrome
  • MotifsFigurative scene, Textured moulding, Plate mark
  • SizeH 31 cm (12 in) x W 42 cm (17 in) x D 1 cm (0 in)

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An antique etching is a print created by using acid to cut into unprotected parts of a metal plate to hold the ink, produced during the historical period typically dating over a century ago.

Traditional etchings were printed on handmade rag paper using oil-based inks, while the associated frames were constructed from solid hardwoods such as oak, walnut, or stained moulding fitted with glass.

Authentic period etchings typically display a distinct plate mark indentation in the paper, fine ink ridges visible under magnification, and aged paper characteristics rather than modern dot-matrix printing patterns.

An antique framed etching works effectively when hung against neutral walls in a traditional or transitional space, often paired with complementary period pieces or minimalist frames to create contrast.

Preservation requires mounting the artwork with acid-free materials, displaying it away from direct sunlight to prevent fading, and maintaining stable indoor humidity levels to avoid paper degradation.
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