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| Arbeiterstadt "Workers City" This painting is now at the Milwaukee Art Museum (link.) 
Huettenwerk - An integrated steel mill.
Werkhaltstelle Arbeiterhaeuser - literally, "Work Stop Place"
Zur Grube - "To the mine"
Die Elektronische Lokomotiv
"A Hundred Years of German Railways"
Book Cover
Bahnhofshalle - "Station Platform"
Anfahrender Schnellzug - "Night Express"
Tiefer Schnee Sonne im Wintermorgen
Here is my stab at a translation: "A Winter Morning Sunlit Scene Under the Bridge"
Zyklus Die Eisenbahn Die Schranke
Locomotiv
Spreeluft - Cover of a booklet of his drawings.
Hans Baluschek (1870-1935) was a German artist, considered an Expressionist, but he has also been considered more of a Realist. He was the son of a railway engineer, of the drafting table sort, and Hans had a lifelong interest in railways. Trains are the subject of many of his works, but he also worked railway scenes into many other works showing every day life in industrial and urban Germany. Baluschek was a member of the Berlin Secession, a group of artists who were organized to counter the conservatism of the art establishment of the time. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Baluschek was branded a degenerate artist.
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About the translation of the "Werkhaltstelle Arbeiterhaeuser", it is a bit ambiguous.
ReplyDeleteIt may mean "Werkhaltstelle Arbeiterhäuser" (one single term). In this case, it would be "Works stop Workers Homes". Meaning that "Arbeiterhäuser" is actually the name of the stop, which is most likely on the site.
Another interpretation could be "Werkhaltstelle, Arbeiterhaeuser". In this case, it means "Works stop and Workers Homes". Meaning that the stop does not really have a name, being on the plant, and that the picture also shows worker homes.
Either way is possible. In both cases, the stop is either on site, or very close to the site. It most likely is only served around the times when shifts change.
Thanks Max!
ReplyDeleteI love degenerate art. This stuff is great.
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