Max KlingerGerman, 1857–1920Landmann (Opus XI, Blatt 7)
May one see it?
Unknown
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
In the catalog
Sources
- Albertina
- Image: Albertina — Public Domain Mark 1.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Max Klinger
The whole life1896
Brahms dedicates the “Four Serious Songs” to Klinger
Johannes Brahms dedicates his “Four Serious Songs” (Opus 121) to Klinger a year before the composer’s death; besides Brahms, Klinger, an accomplished pianist, counts the composer Max Reger among his friends.
1897
“Christ on Olympus” and the debate on modernism
The painting “Christ on Olympus” is shown together with August von Brandis’s “Wedding at Cana” in the Hall of Honour of the Great Munich Art Exhibition, provoking a public controversy about the culture of German modernism.
1897
Professor in Leipzig and a member of the Vienna Secession
He becomes a professor at the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig and a corresponding member of the newly founded Vienna Secession.
1897
Employed by: Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
1897 · Membership
Vienna Secession
1898
Meets Elsa Asenijeff
He meets the writer and poet Elsa Asenijeff, who becomes his model, muse and girlfriend for fifteen years; they have a daughter in 1900 but never marry.
