Street Scene in Munich
1880
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. William Henry Holmes
Accession Number
1930.12.54
Tags
Art Historical Context
Ross Turner's *Street Scene in Munich*1880) invites visitors into a rain-drenched moment of late 19th Bavarian life, now housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum This evocative painting captures a bustling urban thoroughfare centered around a grand fountain, with pedestrians navigating slick cobblestones under overcast skies. The inclusion of an early automobile amid horse-drawn carriages hints at the dawn of modern transportation, blending everyday vibrancy with the moody atmosphere of a wet Munich day. As an American who studied and worked in Munich during the 1870s and 1880s, Turner d...