Bear and Fairy from 'Intermezzi'
Max Klinger (Leipzig 1857 - Großjena 1920)
Lot-No. 267
Etching a. aquatint, 39,5 x 22,5 cm, lo. ri. in the plate sign. a. dat. M. Klinger 1880, lo. le. sign. again, matted a. framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - German painter, sculptor, draughtsman a. graphic artist, a main exponent of symbolism. K. studied since 1874 under K. Gussow in Karlsruhe a. Berlin. Since 1878 he exhibited at the Berlin academy, but went to Brussels in 1879 to continue his studies under E. Wauters. In 1895 he moved to Leipzig where he later became professor. He was member of the artist's group 'Gruppe der XI' in Berlin a. founding director of the Villa Romana society. K. was one of the most versatile a. successful artists of his time. - Mus.: Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Mus.), Leipzig, Dresden (Albertinum), Cologne (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.) a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker a. others.
Max Klinger: Bear and Fairy from 'Intermezzi'
Max Klinger (Leipzig 1857 - Großjena 1920)
Bear and Fairy from 'Intermezzi'
Lot-No. 267
Etching a. aquatint, 39,5 x 22,5 cm, lo. ri. in the plate sign. a. dat. M. Klinger 1880, lo. le. sign. again, matted a. framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - German painter, sculptor, draughtsman a. graphic artist, a main exponent of symbolism. K. studied since 1874 under K. Gussow in Karlsruhe a. Berlin. Since 1878 he exhibited at the Berlin academy, but went to Brussels in 1879 to continue his studies under E. Wauters. In 1895 he moved to Leipzig where he later became professor. He was member of the artist's group 'Gruppe der XI' in Berlin a. founding director of the Villa Romana society. K. was one of the most versatile a. successful artists of his time. - Mus.: Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Mus.), Leipzig, Dresden (Albertinum), Cologne (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.) a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker a. others.