Max Feldbauer (1869–1948) was a German painter, associated with the

Munich Secession The Munich Secession was an association of visual artists who broke away from the mainstream Munich Artists' Association in 1892, to promote and defend their art in the face of what they considered official paternalism and its conservative polic ...

. He is primarily known for rural, Bavarian scenes.

Life and work

His father, Josef Feldbauer, served as the Mayor of Neumarkt from 1868 to 1876. After his father and his five younger siblings had died, he and his mother moved to Munich. His first art lessons were at the

Kunstgewerbeschule A Kunstgewerbeschule (English: ''School of Arts and Crafts'' or S''chool of Applied Arts'') was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century. The term Werkkunstschule was also used for thes ...

. He then attended the private art school operated by

Simon Hollósy Simon Hollósy; (2 February 1857, Máramarossziget (now Sighetu Marmației, Romania) – 8 May 1918, Técső (now Tiachiv, Ukraine) was a Hungarian painter of Armenian ancestry; original name was: Choriban (Korbuly).Gudenus János József:Ö ...

, where he was introduced to

Impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passa ...

, and continued his studies at the

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavari ...

. His instructors there included Otto Seitz,

Paul Hoecker Paul Hoecker (11 August 1854, Oberlangenau – 13 January 1910, Munich) was a German painter of the Munich School and founding member of the Munich Secession Biography His passion for art developed gradually, beginning at the Gymnasium in N ...

and Johann Caspar Herterich. In 1899, he married the painter, Elise Eigner, of Schwandorf. From 1901 to 1915, he taught at the Academy of the (women artists' association). In 1908, he joined the Munich Secession. He also ran his own painting school, in Mitterndorf, near the

Dachau art colony The Dachau Artists' Colony was located in Dachau, Germany, and flourished from around 1890 until 1914. History In the early 19th century, the then-bucolic village of Dachau (located just 12 miles from Munich) began attracting landscape painters. ...

, from 1912 to 1922. He left the Secession in 1913; becoming one of the founders of the , and served as a board member. In addition to all of these activities, he provided illustrations for '' Die Jugend'' (Youth), a weekly arts magazine. After several trips through France and Italy, he settled near

Dachau Dachau () was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents which consisted of: communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It is lo ...

. In 1916, he was appointed to teach at the (arts and crafts school) then, in 1918, to the

Dresden Academy of Fine Arts The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the produc ...

, where he served as President in 1928. After the

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

s came to power in 1933, he was initially banned from exhibiting. He returned to Munich, but was bombed out of his home in 1944. Ironically, that same year, he was included on the " Gottbegnadeten-Liste" (God given list) of artists who were considered crucial to Nazi culture.

Ernst Klee Ernst Klee (15 March 1942, Frankfurt – 18 May 2013, Frankfurt) was a German journalist and author. As a writer on Germany's history, he was best known for his exposure and documentation of medical crimes in Nazi Germany, much of which was concer ...

: ''Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945.'' S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, , pg.149 Unable to find another home, he moved to Oberschneiding, where he died four years later. His works may be seen at the

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (, ''Old Masters Gallery'') in Dresden, Germany, displays around 750 paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It includes major Italian Renaissance works as well as Dutch and Flemish paintings. Outstand ...

, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, and the

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus The Lenbachhaus () is a building housing an art museum in Munich's '' Kunstareal''. The building The Lenbachhaus was built as a Florentine-style villa for the painter Franz von Lenbach between 1887 and 1891 by Gabriel von Seidl and was expa ...

, among others.

Selected paintings

File:Max Feldbauer - Apell der Geharnischten 1916.jpg, Roll Call of the Armored Unit File:Max Feldbauer - Akt am Ofen - G 869 - Lenbachhaus.jpg, Nude at the Oven File:Max Feldbauer - Leibhusar - 8887 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg,

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File:Max Feldbauer - Elise Feldbauer- die Gattin des Künstlers 1908.jpg, Portrait of his wife, Elise

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Life and work

Selected paintings

References

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