Former Nelson Atkins and Sprint Art Collection curator James Martin reviewed several pieces by lesser known German artist Robert Troje.
About Imaginary Interior
Robert Troje was born in Heidelberg, Germany was settled in Kansas City by 1885, when he won Best Architectural Painting/Watercolors at the Kansas City Inter-State Fair. He worked for prominent architect Henry van Brunt producing renderings to illustrate building projects.
Troje’s surviving small paintings in the Museum collection include landscapes and cityscapes from his travels across Europe and Asia, as well as rural Kansas City scenes. Martin’s focus, Imaginary Interior, is a highly electic statement on interior design and begs his question, “What did it mean to be up-to-date in Kansas City in 1885?”
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