Max Klinger

Max Klinger was born in Leipzig, Germany, on February 18, 1857. He was an important engraver, sculptor and also tried his hand at painting. He began his art education at the age of seventeen at the Karlsruhe School of Art and, in 1875, followed his teacher, Karl von Gussow, to the Berlin Academy in 1875. Critical recognition of the exhibited works in his initial exhibitions he launched Klinger towards a successful career. He was recognized as a modern Renaissance genius for his work in painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Klinger's work would have influenced Käthe Kollwitz, Edvard Munch, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali and many other artists. Print seems to have been Klinger's preferred medium. In fact, he explained in his essay “Malerei und Zeichnung” that drawings (any work in black and white, especially prints) were particularly suited to embody the dominion of the imagination and one's attitudes towards the world. Max Klinger died on July 5, 1920 near Naumburg, Germany

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