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- Artist
- Theodor Esser
(German, 1868 - 1937) - Title
- The Strike of the Blacksmiths
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 68 1/2 x 90 in. Overall
- Credit
- Gift of William C. Brumder
- Accession No.
- 13.2.1
- Classification
- Paintings
- Geography
- Germany
Related
ca. 1911/12-1913, Paul S. Reinsch (Madison, WI); 1913, sold by Paul S. Reinsch to William C. Brumder (Milwaukee, WI); November 1913, gifted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]
- Dennis, James M. "Robert Koehler's The Strike: The Improbable Story of an Iconic 1886 Painting of Labor Protest." Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2011. pp. 134-136, fig. 49
- Lewis, Beth Irwin. "Art for All: The Collision of Modern Art and the Public in Late Nineteenth-Century Germany." Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. pp. 43-44, no. 11
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 100
- Madison Art Association. "Collection of Paintings Owned by Paul S. Reinsch: Exhibition in the State Historical Library Building." Madison, WI: Madison Art Association, 1912. p. 11, no. 123
- Milwaukee Free Press. "A Collection of Fine Paintings by Masters made by Prof. Rensch during his Recent Year's Residence in Europe." Jan. 19, 1913.
- Collection of Paintings Owned by Paul S. Reinsch: The Madison Art Association, 9/26/1912–10/24/1912
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