4053 - Max Klinger, “Ende”

Max Klinger, “Ende” Sheet from the series “Eine Liebe”, heliogravure on China paper mounted on light card, early 20th century, inscribed beneath the image in print as “Max Klinger” and “Gravure Hanfstaengl.”, minor imperfections, image dimensions approx. 22 x 34.5 cm, sheet dimensions approx. 35.5 x 48 cm. Artist information: prominent German graphic artist, painter and sculptor (1857, Leipzig - 1920, Großjena near Naumburg/Saale), attended Sunday classes at the Bauer School of Drawing in Leipzig; from 1874, studied under Karl Gussow and Ludwig Des Coudres at the Karlsruhe Academy; in 1875 moved with Gussow to the Berlin Academy; in 1876 received his academy certificate with the distinction ‘Exceptional’ and a silver medal, worked in Brussels in 1879, where he was a pupil of Emile Charles Wauters; settled in Munich in 1880; had a studio in Berlin from 1881; was friends with Karl Stauffer-Bern and acquainted with Alfred Lichtwark; undertook study and working visits to Paris and Rome, In 1892, he was a founding member of the “Group of XI”; from 1893, he had a studio in Leipzig; in 1897, he was appointed professor at the Leipzig Academy; he was a corresponding member of the Vienna Secession; in 1901, a founding member and, from 1906, chairman of the Villa Romana Society; in 1903, he acquired the vineyard cottage in Großjena near Naumburg; Source: Thieme-Becker, Wikipedia and the internet.