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Tiergarten through the lens of Max LiebermannMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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Artists record, creating compositions that are representative of their perception of a place, their subjectivities
determining what is included or left out. The Tiergarten exists in painted, drawn, and etched compositions and although
they represent different states of the park, they are each a version of events as recorded through the lens of the
artist.
The canvases of Max Liebermann (1847-1935), a Berliner, and artist who lived to the north of the Brandenburger Tor, that depict the Tiergarten exemplify this. He painted scenes from different locations, from the Kinderspielplatz (children’s playground), to the Siegesallee.
determining what is included or left out. The Tiergarten exists in painted, drawn, and etched compositions and although
they represent different states of the park, they are each a version of events as recorded through the lens of the
artist.
The canvases of Max Liebermann (1847-1935), a Berliner, and artist who lived to the north of the Brandenburger Tor, that depict the Tiergarten exemplify this. He painted scenes from different locations, from the Kinderspielplatz (children’s playground), to the Siegesallee.