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

Munich Secession The Munich Secession (German language, German Münchener 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 ...

. 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 the ...

. He then attended the private art school operated by

Simon Hollósy Simon Hollósy (2 February 1857 – 8 May 1918) was a Hungarian painter. He was considered one of the greatest Hungarian representatives of 19th-century Naturalism and Realism. Hollósy was not highly productive as an artist and was more im ...

, where he was introduced to

Impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

, and continued his studies at the

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (, 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 Bavaria, Germany. In the second half of the 19th centur ...

. His instructors there included Otto Seitz, Paul Hoecker and

Johann Caspar Herterich Johann Caspar Herterich, sometimes known as Hans (3 April 1843, Ansbach – 26 October 1905, Munich) was a German history and Genre art, genre painter. He was also a popular professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Life and work He was ...

. In 1899, he married the painter, Elise Eigner, of

Schwandorf Schwandorf is a town in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria, Germany, which is the seat of the Schwandorf (district), Schwandorf district. It lies on the river Naab. Geography Geographical location Schwandorf is located at the intersection of ...

. 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, Bavaria, 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 lan ...

, 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

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. 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 language, 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 institutio ...

, where he served as President in 1928. After the

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

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 conce ...

: ''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 (, ''Old Masters Gallery'') in Dresden, Germany, displays around 750 paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It includes major Italian Renaissance painting, Italian Renaissance works as well as Dutch Golden Age painting, Dutch and F ...

, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, and the

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus The Lenbachhaus () is a building housing the Städtische Galerie (English: Municipal Gallery) art museum in Munich's ''Kunstareal''. The building The Lenbachhaus was built as a Florentine-style villa for the painter Franz von Lenbach between ...

, 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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