Resumen de Recollection and Relocation in Gründerzeit Munich: Collective Memory and the Genre Paintings of Franz von Defregger
The article examines the ways in which collective memory is represented in the 19th-century genre paintings of German artist Franz von Defregger as a means to both explain his popularity during this period and examine the larger culture of German academic painting in post-unification Munich, Germany. The author seeks to combat the poor reputation the painter developed among critics following World War I. Collective memory in the paintings is connected to such social processes as urbanization, industrialization, and mechanization. Particular emphasis is given to the artist's depictions of peasant women.
