
Max LiebermannGerman, 1847–1935Selbstbildnis vor der Staffelei
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Where is “Selbstbildnis vor der Staffelei” now? Collection: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig. Unknown.
Braunschweig, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
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- The museum
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- Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
- Image: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
In the life of Max Liebermann
The whole life1927
80th birthday: an exhibition and honours
Among those who congratulated Liebermann were Albert Einstein, Heinrich and Thomas Mann and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Berlin staged an exhibition of more than a hundred of his paintings; Interior Minister Walter von Keudell presented him with the Golden State Medal inscribed “For services to the state”.
28 July 1928 – 12 August 1928
Took part in: 1928 Summer Olympics
30 January 1933
The Nazi torchlight parade below his windows
From his house beside the Brandenburg Gate Liebermann watched the Nazi torchlight procession on the day power was handed to Hitler's party, and remarked that he could not possibly eat as much as he would like to throw up.
May 1933
Resigns from the Prussian Academy of Arts
Liebermann gave up his honorary presidency, his senatorial posts and his membership of the Academy, telling the press that art has nothing to do with politics or ancestry and that his point of view was no longer valued.
from May 1933
The 14 finest works of his collection go to the Kunsthaus Zürich
On the advice of the Swiss banker Adolf Jöhr, from May 1933 Liebermann deposited the 14 most important works of his art collection at the Kunsthaus Zürich, whose director was Wilhelm Wartmann.
8 February 1935
Died
















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