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A girl sits on the floor behind a cupboard eating apples.
Apfelessendes Mädchen
A girl sits on the floor behind a cupboard eating apples.
A girl sits on the floor behind a cupboard eating apples.
Apfelessendes Mädchen, Gotthardt-Johann Kuehl, c. 1911-1912, oil on panel, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Apfelessendes Mädchen

Artist (German, 1850 - 1915)
Datec. 1911 - 1912
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsCanvas: 24 × 19 inches (61 × 48.3 cm)
Framed: 35 3/4 × 31 × 3 3/4 inches (90.8 × 78.7 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number1912.3
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CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThis painting features riotous colors—deep purples, reds, blues, and pinks—and paint thickly slathered on the canvas. The subject, a Dutch peasant girl eating an apple in a casual, unstudied pose, demonstrates the early 20th-century German taste for Dutch genre scenes that represent the working class.