Max Klinger

(1857–1920) tysk professor

Max Klinger (Germany, 1857–1920) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Max Klinger belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Max Klinger was born in Leipzig and died in Großjena. Max Klinger trained at Petri school Leipzig, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, and Prussian Academy of Arts. The teachers included Karl Gussow, Ludwig des Coudres, and Emile Wauters. Wikidata associates Max Klinger with Symbolism. Max Klinger became a member of Berlin Secession, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and Academy of Arts, Berlin. The awards include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.

One of the best-known works is ‘Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove’. The catalogue has 33 works by Max Klinger with free images. The dated works span the years 1878–1983. Works by Max Klinger are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Museum der bildenden Künste, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Friedrich Kallmorgen, Dora Hitz, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Darío de Regoyos, and Antonio Herrera Toro.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• Busto de Richard Wagner
• Beethoven