Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 16 Robert Koehler Questions: |
Development of Minneapolis
Around 1902, when Koehler painted Rainy Evening on
Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis was undergoing tremendous
growth. Conditions of life were changing dramatically
because of increasing population, advancing technology and
industry, and the shift from a rural to an urban society.
Many of the buildings in this scene were constructed during
the building boom of the 1880s, when Minneapolis prospered
from the commercial development of lumbering, flour milling,
and trade.
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