Theodor Kaufmann, 1867 - On to Liberty - fine art print

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Before coming to the United States in 1850, the German-born Kaufmann studied painting in Düsseldorf and Munich and fought in the 1848 popular uprisings in favor of national unity for Germany. As a Union soldier in the American Civil War, he may have seen retreating Confederate troops take their adult male slaves with them, leaving behind the women and children. Here, his portrayal of a group of fleeing figures suggests the lack of a clear route to liberty. They emerge from darkness into light but must traverse a rockstrewn path before arriving on the smooth road leading to the Stars and Stripes, which, however, remains frighteningly close to the ongoing battle.

This over 150 year-old artpiece was created by Theodor Kaufmann in the year 1867. The painting measures the size: 36 x 56 in (91,4 x 142,2 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the painter as the medium of the artwork. The piece of art is included in the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1982 (public domain license). : Gift of Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1982. Further, the alignment is in landscape format with a side ratio of 3 : 2, which implies that the length is 50% longer than the width.

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