Max Lohde (February 13, 1845 – December 18, 1868) was a German painter, known for his

sgraffito ''Sgraffito'' (; plural: ''sgraffiti'') is a technique either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colours to a moistened surface, or in pottery, by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive laye ...

work. Born in

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to Ludwig Lohde, an architect, Lohde studied under Julius Schnorr in

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and

Peter von Cornelius Peter von Cornelius (23 September 1783, Düsseldorf – 6 March 1867, Berlin) was a German painter; one of the main representatives of the Nazarene movement. Life Early years Cornelius was born in Düsseldorf. From the age of twelve he attend ...

in Berlin, then at the

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, where he won a prize in 1866. While a student, he took a trip to

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that aroused his interest in some recently discovered remnants of old sgraffito art, and developed skill in the technique, as well as discovering a new process for producing it. In 1867 he executed four large sgraffito compositions from the Epic Cycle in the stairway of the Sophiengymnasium in Berlin. He also produced a sgraffito work for the pediment of the German War Ministry's riding school, as well as other decorative painting. In 1868 he went on a trip to

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to study old sgraffito work, but died in

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before returning. His correspondence with Cornelius and travel reports on the trip were published in some 1868 and 1869 issues of the magazine ''Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst''.

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