Max Klinger
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+ | '''Max Klinger''' ([[February 18]], [[1857]] - [[July 5]], [[1920]]) was a [[German art|German]] [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolist]] [[painting|painter]], [[sculpture|sculptor]] and [[printmaking|printmaker]]. | ||
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+ | Klinger was born in [[Leipzig]] and studied in [[Karlsruhe]]. An admirer of the etchings of [[Adolph von Menzel|Menzel]] and [[Francisco Goya|Goya]], he shortly became a skilled and imaginative engraver in his own right. | ||
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+ | His best known work is a series of ten etchings entitled ''[[Paraphrases about the Finding of a Glove]]'' (printed [[1881]]). These pictures were based on images which came to Klinger in dreams after finding a glove at an ice-skating rink. In the [[leitmotif|leitmotic]] device of a [[glove]]—belonging to a woman whose face we never see—Klinger anticipated the research of [[Sigmund Freud|Freud]] and [[Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing|Kraft-Ebbing]] on [[Sexual_fetishism|fetish]] objects. | ||
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+ | Klinger traveled extensively around the art centres of Europe for years before returning to Leipzig in [[1893]]. From [[1897]] he mostly concentrated on sculpture; his marble statue of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] was an integral part of the [[Vienna Secession]] exhibit of [[1902]]. | ||
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+ | Klinger was cited by many artists (notably [[Giorgio de Chirico]]) as being a major link between the [[Symbolist movement]] of the 19th century and the start of the [[metaphysical art|metaphysical]] and [[surrealism|Surrealist]] movements of the 20th century. | ||
+ | ==List of works== | ||
+ | *[[Der pinkelnde Tod ]] | ||
+ | *''[[Adam (Max Klinger)|Adam]]'' (1880) | ||
+ | *''[[Dead Mother]]'' (1898) | ||
+ | *''[[Die blaue Stunde]]'' (1890) | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | :''[[German Symbolism]]'' | ||
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Max Klinger (February 18, 1857 - July 5, 1920) was a German Symbolist painter, sculptor and printmaker.
Klinger was born in Leipzig and studied in Karlsruhe. An admirer of the etchings of Menzel and Goya, he shortly became a skilled and imaginative engraver in his own right.
His best known work is a series of ten etchings entitled Paraphrases about the Finding of a Glove (printed 1881). These pictures were based on images which came to Klinger in dreams after finding a glove at an ice-skating rink. In the leitmotic device of a glove—belonging to a woman whose face we never see—Klinger anticipated the research of Freud and Kraft-Ebbing on fetish objects.
Klinger traveled extensively around the art centres of Europe for years before returning to Leipzig in 1893. From 1897 he mostly concentrated on sculpture; his marble statue of Beethoven was an integral part of the Vienna Secession exhibit of 1902.
Klinger was cited by many artists (notably Giorgio de Chirico) as being a major link between the Symbolist movement of the 19th century and the start of the metaphysical and Surrealist movements of the 20th century.
List of works
- Der pinkelnde Tod
- Adam (1880)
- Dead Mother (1898)
- Die blaue Stunde (1890)
See also