Women Plucking Geese
Max Liebermann · 1870
Why it's great
Women in a simple farmhouse sit together plucking geese, with the feathers floating in the sunlight. Max Liebermann, a Jewish painter from Berlin, was just starting out when he painted this large picture of ordinary labor. Some critics were shocked by the plain subject. It launched his career as a painter of working people.
Where to see it
📍 Alte NationalgalerieBezirk Mitte, Germany
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Max Liebermann was born in Berlin to a wealthy Jewish family and became the leading German Impressionist. He painted workers, beer gardens and gardens, and he served as president of the Prussian Academy of Arts. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, he was forced to give up his positions. He died in Berlin in 1935.
