Today’s works of art are by a German artist, Eduard Grützner, who was born in 1846 and became well-known for his genre paintings of monks until his death in 1925. I had a hard time choosing from among his monk paintings, so there are a number of them presented here. Few of them are dated, and they would have been throughout his career. Many of them appear to be the same monk used as the model. And some of them can be purchased at Art Prints on Demand. But to me, they’re exactly what I envision when I think of 19th century monastery breweries.
Bruder Braumeister im Bierkeller (a.k.a. Brother Master Brewer in the Beer Cellar from 1902).
Braumeister bei der Brotzeit im Klosterkeller (a.k.a. Master brewer snacking in the Cloister cellar from 1892).
Bier Test (1905).
Mönch auf dem Weg zur Brotzeit (a.k.a. Monk on the Way to Snack).
The Connoisseur (a.k.a. Capuchin monk).
The Klosterbräu with Salvatorhumpen as Well as Radish and Radish (1889).
The Brewmaster’s Break (1885)
Kellermeister (a.k.a. Cellarmaster).
You can read more about Eduard von Grützner at his Wikipedia page, and you can view more of his artwork at Art Prints On Demand and
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Grutzner has been a favorite of mine for many years. Always approached brewing with a great sense of humor. I discovered him when researching the source of the Falstaff image used by Lemp and then Falstaff brewing Companies. Both adapted images from Grutzner’s Falstaff series for their advertising. In fact, Lemp directly used and credited Grutzners works in some pre-prohibition ads. See http://home.earthlink.net/~joeleg/id3.html for some adaptations of his work used for advertising chargers. Like your blog
I have a print titled ” An Excellent Connoisseur”. Its very old, not well cared for but i do not see the artisits name. My research has led me to Eduard Grutzner since his monks look very similar to the one I have. Would youknow if he would be the artist?