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Max Liebermann
German Impressionist Painter, 1847-1935
Max Liebermann (July 20 1847 ?C February 8 1935) was a German painter and printmaker in etching and lithography.
The son of a Jewish businessman from Berlin, Liebermann first studied law and philosophy at the University of Berlin, but later studied painting and drawing in Weimar in 1869, in Paris in 1872, and in the Netherlands in 1876-77. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870?C71), Liebermann served as a medic with the Order of St. John near Metz. After living and working for some time in Munich, he finally returned to Berlin in 1884, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was married in 1884 to Martha Liebermann (1857-1943, see portrait by Anders Zorn).
Together with Lovis Corinth and Max Slevogt, Liebermann became an exponent of German Impressionism. He used his own inherited wealth to assemble an impressive collection of French Impressionist works. He later chose scenes of the bourgeoisie, as well as aspects of his garden near Lake Wannsee, as motifs for his paintings. In Berlin, he became a famous painter of portraits; his work is especially close in spirit to Édouard Manet.
"Boys Bathing" Neue PinakothekFrom 1899 to 1911 he led the premier avant-garde formation in Germany, the Berliner Secession. Beginning in 1920 he was president of the Prussian Academy of Arts. In 1933 he resigned when the academy decided to no longer exhibit works by Jewish artists. While watching the Nazis celebrate their victory by marching through the Brandenburg Gate, Liebermann was reported to have commented: "Ich kann gar nicht so viel fressen, wie ich kotzen möchte" ("I could not eat as much as I would like to vomit.")
On 30 April 2006, the Max Liebermann Society opened a permanent museum in the Liebermann family's villa in Berlin-Wannsee. The artist's wife, Martha Liebermann, was forced to sell the building in 1940. In 1943 she committed suicide in the family home, Haus Liebermann, hours before police came to deport her to Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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Infants School (Bewaarschool) in Amsterdam
Date 1880(1880)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 68 x 98 cm (26.8 x 38.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 87796
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Infants_School_(Bewaarschool)_in_Amsterdam
Date 1880(1880)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 68 x 98 cm (26.8 x 38.6 in)
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Bildnis des Malers Lovis Corinth
1899(1899)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 88 x 63 cm (34.6 x 24.8 in)
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Painting ID:: 88619
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Bildnis_des_Malers_Lovis_Corinth
1899(1899)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 88 x 63 cm (34.6 x 24.8 in)
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Kohlfeld im Wannseegarten nach Westen
1917(1917)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 70.5 x 90.5 cm
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Painting ID:: 88759
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Kohlfeld_im_Wannseegarten_nach_Westen
1917(1917)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 70.5 x 90.5 cm
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Kinderspielplatz im Tiergarten zu Berlin
oil on wood, 17,5x30,5cm, around 1885
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Painting ID:: 89203
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Kinderspielplatz_im_Tiergarten_zu_Berlin
oil on wood, 17,5x30,5cm, around 1885
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Kinderspielplatz im Berliner Tiergarten
oil on canvas
Dimensions 40.5 x 51 cm (15.9 x 20.1 in)
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Painting ID:: 90499
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Kinderspielplatz_im_Berliner_Tiergarten
oil on canvas
Dimensions 40.5 x 51 cm (15.9 x 20.1 in)
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Max_Liebermann
German Impressionist Painter, 1847-1935
Max Liebermann (July 20 1847 ?C February 8 1935) was a German painter and printmaker in etching and lithography.
The son of a Jewish businessman from Berlin, Liebermann first studied law and philosophy at the University of Berlin, but later studied painting and drawing in Weimar in 1869, in Paris in 1872, and in the Netherlands in 1876-77. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870?C71), Liebermann served as a medic with the Order of St. John near Metz. After living and working for some time in Munich, he finally returned to Berlin in 1884, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was married in 1884 to Martha Liebermann (1857-1943, see portrait by Anders Zorn).
Together with Lovis Corinth and Max Slevogt, Liebermann became an exponent of German Impressionism. He used his own inherited wealth to assemble an impressive collection of French Impressionist works. He later chose scenes of the bourgeoisie, as well as aspects of his garden near Lake Wannsee, as motifs for his paintings. In Berlin, he became a famous painter of portraits; his work is especially close in spirit to Édouard Manet.
"Boys Bathing" Neue PinakothekFrom 1899 to 1911 he led the premier avant-garde formation in Germany, the Berliner Secession. Beginning in 1920 he was president of the Prussian Academy of Arts. In 1933 he resigned when the academy decided to no longer exhibit works by Jewish artists. While watching the Nazis celebrate their victory by marching through the Brandenburg Gate, Liebermann was reported to have commented: "Ich kann gar nicht so viel fressen, wie ich kotzen möchte" ("I could not eat as much as I would like to vomit.")
On 30 April 2006, the Max Liebermann Society opened a permanent museum in the Liebermann family's villa in Berlin-Wannsee. The artist's wife, Martha Liebermann, was forced to sell the building in 1940. In 1943 she committed suicide in the family home, Haus Liebermann, hours before police came to deport her to Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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