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Arrival of a Train at Vienna Northwestern Station

The image depicts a busy train station hall. In the center of the image stands a steam locomotive, composed of a black engine and several carriages. In front of the locomotive, many people are gathered, looking in different directions. Some of the individuals appear to be dressed in formal attire, while others wear casual clothing. There are a variety of activities: people are conversing, children are playing, and some passengers seem to be carrying luggage. The train station hall features large…
Arrival of a Train at Vienna Northwestern Station
The image depicts a busy train station hall. In the center of the image stands a steam locomotive, composed of a black engine and several carriages. In front of the locomotive, many people are gathered, looking in different directions. Some of the individuals appear to be dressed in formal attire, while others wear casual clothing. There are a variety of activities: people are conversing, children are playing, and some passengers seem to be carrying luggage. The train station hall features large…
Karl Karger, Ankunft eines Zuges am Nordwestbahnhof in Wien, 1875, Öl auf Leinwand, 91 x 171 cm, Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 3717
Foto: Belvedere, Wien
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  • Arrival of a Train at Vienna Northwestern Station

  • Date1875
    • Künstler*in Karl Karger (1848 Wien – 1913 Wien)
  • Object typePainting
  • MediumOil on canvas
  • Dimensions
    91 × 171 cm
  • SignatureSign. rechts unten rechts unten: Carl Karger / München 1875.
  • Inventory number3717
  • Locations Belvedere, Upper Belvedere, 1. Floor (east), Room NO1

  • Karl Karger’s picture of the Northwestern Station is the only known painting to document the interior of a Viennese station from that time. Six large stations were built in the rapidly expanding city during this period. Trains from the Northwestern Station went to the northern and eastern regions of the crownland of Bohemia as well as to Dresden and Berlin. The new railroad network enabled large-scale migration to the city resulting in a rapid increase in Vienna’s population. From Bohemia, for instance, people came to fill the great demand for brickyard laborers and housekeepers in the city. Karger captures such social differences in his crowd of people he depicts gathered in the station concourse.
    • 1875 Ankauf Ausstellung Künstlerhaus, Wien für Kaiserliche Gemäldegalerie
    • 1921 Übernahme aus dem Kunsthistorischen Museum, Wien. – 1939 Inventarisierung
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