Award
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q44252 · wikidata
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Max Klinger
1857-02-18 – 1920-07-05
Life & Legacy
Max Klinger (18 February 1857 – 5 July 1920) was a German artist who produced significant work in painting, sculpture, prints and graphics, as well as writing a treatise articulating his ideas on art and the role of graphic arts and printmaking in relation to painting. He is associated with symbolism, the Vienna Secession, and Jugendstil (Youth Style), the German manifestation of Art Nouveau. He is best known today for his many prints, particularly a series entitled Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove and his monumental sculptural installation in homage to Beethoven at the Vienna Secession in 1902.
Occupation & Career
sculptor, painter, university teacher, writer, printmaker, volunteer serving one year, graphic artist, exlibrist, visual artist, etcher, professor, medalist, art historian, artist
Education
Petri school Leipzig; Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe; Prussian Academy of Arts
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art; Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art · Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Employer
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
Organizations & Memberships
Academy of Arts, Berlin · Academy of Fine Arts, Munich · Berlin Secession · Vienna Secession
Notable Work
Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove
Education & Institutions
Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe · Petri school Leipzig · Prussian Academy of Arts
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q44252 · wikidata
Family Spouse
Gertrud Bock
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q44252 · wikidata
Notable Work
Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q44252 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q44252 — wikidata View source
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