Liebenthal donation (partial collection of Karl Oenike’s papers)
Karl Oenike was a German landscape painter who travelled through Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil from 1887 to 1891. On one of his trips in 1887 he accompanied the German geologist and geographer Ludwig Brackebusch through Argentina. On these expeditions Oenike produced drawings and took photographs.

Material:

• 1 box. See Karl Oenike’s papers for more materials. Other papers and manuscripts can be found at Linden-Museum in Stuttgart.
• 2 travel diaries (1 untitled travel diary and 1 diary entitled “Expedition mit Prof. Dr. Brakebusch von San Inan bis Conchas, 15. Februar bis 10. Juni 1888”)
• 1 sketchbook (1880)
• offprints
• reproductions of sketches and maps
• letters
• personal documents
• official documents
• newspaper clippings

Provenance: gift from Roberto Liebenthal, great grandson of Karl Oenike (2011).

Keywords: Argentina, art history, travelogues