Girls on the Railway Crossover in the Evening by August Macke

Girls on the Railway Crossover in the Evening 1913

cardboard, drawing, paper, chalk

cardboard

17_20th-century

drawing

light pencil work

pen sketch

pencil sketch

incomplete sketchy

paper

personal sketchbook

german

ink drawing experimentation

pen-ink sketch

chalk

pen work

sketchbook drawing

sketchbook art

"Girls on the Railway Crossover in the Evening" (1913) by August Macke is a charcoal drawing on paper that is an example of Expressionism, a style characterized by bold brushstrokes, strong colors, and distorted forms. The artwork, now held in the Städel Museum, features two figures, seemingly women, depicted in a fragmented and gestural manner, suggesting movement and urban life. Macke's unique style is evident in the fragmented lines and textured strokes, which create a sense of dynamism and energy. The artwork reflects the artist's interest in capturing the essence of modern life.

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stadelmuseum about 1 year ago

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This study is closely related to the painting "Two Girls" (Städel Museum, Inv. Nr. 2011). Both depict an urban setting with two young girls at the centre. In the drawing, Macke virtually locked these surroundings into a web of diagonal zig-zag hatchings, comb-like strokes and intersecting arcs and sweeps. The strongly rhythmized lines translate the impulses of motion, light effects and noises of the big city into an abstract scaffolding and lend the drawing a dynamic effect. In the painting, on the other hand, these lines have evolved into crystalline geometric forms that envelop the two figures. In both mediums, however, Macke combined the representational with the abstract, thus finding his way to his own characteristic brand of “realism”.