Man by the Radio Max Radler

• This New Objectivity watercolour reflects the fascination with the new mass medium of radio and the technological progress of the 1920s • Unusual perspective and detailed depiction of the radio set as a symbol of modern technology • A preparatory study for the painting ‘Der Radiohörer’ (The Radio Listener), created a year later and now in the Lenbachhaus, Munich With his 1929 watercolour ‘Mann am Radio’ (Man by the Radio), Max Radler addresses a central theme of the social and technological changes of the Weimar Republic. In the 1920s, radio developed into a new mass medium, bringing information, news and entertainment into an ever-increasing number of households. The workers’ radio movement, in particular, campaigned to make this new technology accessible to broader sections of the population. The DIY construction of radio sets played an important role in this. Radler devotes particular attention to the radio set. Through the unusual, slightly tilted perspective and the meticulous depiction of its technical details, he places this modern invention at the centre of the composition. The intently listening radio listener also symbolises a society whose everyday life is being fundamentally transformed by new means of communication. The work thus not only conveys the contemporary enthusiasm for technical innovations, but also highlights the growing social significance of radio broadcasting. The watercolour serves as a direct preparatory study for Radler’s 1930 oil painting ‘The Radio Listener’ (also known as ‘Man by the Radio’), which is now in the collection of the Lenbachhaus in Munich. Both works combine the depiction of an everyday moment with a characteristic theme of the late 1920s: the advent of modern media in people’s lives. | 1904 Breslau - München 1971 | Moderne Kunst | Arbeiten auf Papier | Nummer: 26x2563 | Provenance: Privatsammlung, Hessen; Privatsammlung, Berlin; Grisebach, Berlin 9.7.2020, Los 47; Sammlung, Rheinland.

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