The Visit
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Max Weber was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Bialystok, in modern Poland. In 1891 the Webers immigrated to Brooklyn, where Max studied art at the Pratt Institute. Between 1905 and 1908, he was in Paris, where he became one of the first Americans to fully absorb Cubism. The Visit is a Cubist domestic scene, probably depicting a courtship or a Shabbat (Sabbath) gathering—the men’s clothing and hats are typical of Jewish Orthodox dress. Weber began painting nostalgic scenes of Jewish domestic life in 1918, possibly in response to the pogroms that were then decimating entire Jewish populations in his native eastern Europe.
Caption
Max Weber American, born Russia, 1881–1961. The Visit, 1919. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm) frame: 47 3/4 x 38 1/4 x 4 in. (121.3 x 97.2 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal, 1992.11.30. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.11.30_SL1.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
The Visit
Date
1919
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm) frame: 47 3/4 x 38 1/4 x 4 in. (121.3 x 97.2 x 10.2 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right: "Max Weber 1919"
Credit Line
Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal
Accession Number
1992.11.30
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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