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Max Schmalzl

1850-07-07 – 1930-01-07

Portrait of Max Schmalzl
Max Schmalzl, Christusmosaik, Kloster Clyde Missouri,Credit: Max Schmalzl (+1930)

Life & Legacy

Max Schmalzl (7 July 1850 – 7 January 1930) was a German Redemptorist lay brother who worked as a painter, illustrator, and designer in the style of the Nazarene and the Beuron schools. His intricate woodcuts and illustrations are ubiquitous in Catholic missals and devotional volumes from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Occupation & Career

painter, artist, illustrator, Catholic theologian

Education

Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule München

Legacy Highlights

Education & Institutions

Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule München

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q1913368 — wikidata View source

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