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Max Linde (14 June 1862 – 23 April 1940, in
Exhibition ''Kunst und Mäzenatentum'' Lübeck 1997
1862 births 1940 deaths Physicians from Lübeck German art collectors 19th-century art collectors 20th-century art collectors German ophthalmologists {{Germany-scientist-stub
Max Linde (14 June 1862 – 23 April 1940, in Lübeck
Lübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic Sea, Baltic coast and the second-larg ...
) was an ophthalmologist
Ophthalmology (, ) is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and surgery of eye diseases and disorders.
An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a ...
who is best known as a patron and art collector of the early 20th century. He was an important patron of the painter Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch ( ; ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work ''The Scream'' has become one of Western art's most acclaimed images.
His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dread of inher ...
, among others. He had the most extensive private collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (; ; 12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a u ...
in Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. In 1903 he commissioned a monumental cast of Rodin's ''The Thinker
''The Thinker'' (), by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture depicting a Heroic nudity, nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left thigh, back of the right hand supporting the chin ...
''. Munch painted ''The Thinker'' in his garden in 1907. His brothers Hermann and Heinrich were painters.
Works
* Max Linde: ''Edvard Munch und die Kunst der Zukunft'', Berlin 1902References
Further reading
* Otto Grautoff: ''Lübeck'', Reihe ''Stätten der Kultur'', Vol. 9, Leipzig 1908, p. 156 ff * Carl Georg Heise: ''Edvard Munch und seine Beziehungen zu Lübeck'', in: Der Wagen 1927, p. 82-90 * Friedrich v. Rohden: ''Von alten Lübecker Ärzten'', in: Der Wagen 1960, p. 83 (90ff) * Lothar Linde: ''Erinnerungen an Marie Linde'', in: Der Wagen 1961, p. 101 ff * Arne Eggum: ''Der Linde-Fries - Edvard Munch und sein erster deutscher Mäzen, Dr. Max Linde'', aus dem Norwegischen von Alken Bruns, Veröffentlichung XX des Senat der Hansestadt Lübeck - Amt für Kultur, Lübeck 1982 * Stefan Pucks: ''Linde, Maximilian (Max)'' in: Biographisches Lexikon für Schleswig-Holstein und Lübeck, Band 11, Neumünster 2000, pp. 230–233 , korrigierteExternal links
*Exhibition ''Kunst und Mäzenatentum'' Lübeck 1997
1862 births 1940 deaths Physicians from Lübeck German art collectors 19th-century art collectors 20th-century art collectors German ophthalmologists {{Germany-scientist-stub