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Beer In Art #89: Baltimore Beer-Drinking Immigrant Family

August 15, 2010 By Jay Brooks

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Most of the details about today’s work of art are unknown to me, but despite that it still was too good not to feature. All I know is that it depicts an immigrant family, originally from the Netherlands, living in Baltimore, Maryland and was painted by the father of the family shown in the painting.

It apparently hangs in the museum of the Maryland Historical Society. Unfortunately, I can find no information about it on their website. They appear to have quite a few paintings online, but not knowing the artist or the title of the painting makes it a bit more difficult to find. I don’t even know when it was painted, but I’m guessing the late 1800s or the very early part of the 20th century.

Most of the adults have a beer in their hand. I count a total of nine glasses of beer. The couple in the center foreground look sickly, almost pale enough to be considered zombies. But it’s still a very compelling painting. If anyone has any actual details about the painting, please do let me know.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Baltimore, History, Maryland



Comments

  1. Glass Bottles says

    August 16, 2010 at 9:05 am

    I would love to hear about this painting… Pretty sweet without the story, but the background would add a ton!

    • Jay Brooks says

      August 16, 2010 at 9:08 am

      I’m with you. I searched and I search, but came up empty.

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