3825 - Max Liebermann, Portrait of Karl Scheffler

Max Liebermann, Portrait of Karl Scheffler Portrait of the well-known art critic and champion of German Impressionism, created by its leading exponent, Max Liebermann; catalogue raisonné Achenbach 111; chalk lithograph on Japanese paper, 1926, signed ‘MLiebermann’ in lead below the image on the right, slight signs of wear, mounted on backing board, image dimensions approx. 26.5 x 19.5 cm, sheet dimensions approx. 43 x 32 cm. Artist information: German-Jewish painter, graphic artist and illustrator (1847, Berlin - 1935, Berlin), studied painting under Carl Constantin Heinrich Steffeck from 1866 to 1868; studied at the Weimar Academy under Paul Thumann and Ferdinand Wilhelm Pauwels from 1868 to 1872; travelled to Düsseldorf with Theodor Hagen in 1871, where he was influenced by Mihály Munkácsy; followed by a study trip to Amsterdam and Scheveningen; 1873-78: studio in Montmartre, Paris, and stays in Barbizon; 1875: trips to Zandvoort and Haarlem in the Netherlands; 1889: appointed to the jury of the Paris World’s Fair; in 1892, member of the artists’ group ‘Association of the XI’; in 1896, a stay in Paris and honoured as a Knight of the Legion of Honour; in 1897, awarded the title of professor; in 1898, admitted to the Academy of Arts; 1898: Founding member of the Berlin Secession; from 1909: country estate on the Wannsee; honorary member of the art academies of Munich, Weimar, Dresden, Vienna, Brussels, Milan and Stockholm; 1917: awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd Class, by Emperor Wilhelm II; 1920-33: President and subsequently Honorary President of the Academy of Arts; in 1927, awarded honorary citizenship of Berlin; honoured with the ‘Eagle Shield of the German Empire’ by Paul von Hindenburg; Source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Dressler, Wikipedia and the internet.