その頃、Max Klingerの人生では
生涯をすべて見る1896
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.
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.
1900
Meets Auguste Rodin
In Paris, in a studio, he meets Auguste Rodin.
7 September 1900
Birth of his daughter Désirée
In Paris a daughter, Désirée (1900–1973), is born to Klinger and Elsa Asenijeff; she is raised by a foster mother.
