Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts a moody, rain-slicked city street in Minneapolis during the turn of the 20th century. It captures the transition of urban life with horse-drawn carriages and emerging streetcars.
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Robert Koehler was a German-born American artist who served as the director of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts for many years. This painting is a definitive example of his ability to capture the specific atmospheric conditions and social rhythms of Minneapolis during the early 1900s.
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Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue
Robert Koehler, 1902
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