British Gas Works on the River Spree by MECKEL, Adolf von

MECKEL, Adolf von

(b. 1856, Berlin, d. 1893, Berlin)

	British Gas Works on the River Spree - Oil on cardboard, 70 x 99 cm Berlin Museum, Berlin
Painted in shades of gray, Adolf von Meckel's rendering of the British Gas Works shows how a new industrial beauty replaced the Prussian capital's rustic, riverside setting, one that has a spectral, lunar quality of its own.