Max Liebermann, July 20, 1847 – February 8, 1935, was a German painter, printmaker, and draftsman associated with Realism, Impressionism, and the Berlin Secession. Born in Berlin to a Jewish textile-manufacturing family, he studied at the Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School and worked in Paris and the Netherlands, where he developed subjects drawn from labor, orphanages, rural life, and urban leisure.
His paintings include early social-realist subjects, Dutch labor scenes, beach and terrace pictures, portraits, and late garden views at Wannsee. He was connected with German and French Impressionist circles and became a central figure in the Berlin Secession, serving as its president from 1899.
Liebermann influenced younger German painters through his exhibition leadership and public role rather than through a formal school. His work is held by the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Städel Museum, Frankfurt; Neue Pinakothek, Munich; Museum Folkwang, Essen; and other major collections.
Self-Portrait, 1925
Oil on canvas, 44 x 35 in
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Women Plucking Geese, 1872
Oil on canvas, 47 x 67.1 in
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple, 1879
Oil on canvas, 58.9 x 51.5 in
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
The Courtyard of the Orphanage in Amsterdam/Free Time in the Amsterdam Orphanage, 1881–1882
Oil on canvas, 30.9 x 42.3 in
Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Cobbler's Workshop, 1881–1882
Oil on canvas, 25.1 x 31.4 in
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
The Bleaching Ground, 1882–1883
Oil on canvas, 42.9 x 68.1 in
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
Beer Garden in Munich, 1884
Oil on canvas, 37.4 x 27 in
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Flax Spinners in Laren, 1887
Oil on canvas, 53.1 x 91.3 in
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
The Net Menders, 1887–1889
Oil on canvas, 71 x 88.9 in
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Alley in Overveen, 1895
Oil on canvas
Museum Folkwang, Essen
Two Riders on the Beach, c 1901–1903
Oil on canvas, 27.9 x 35.8 in
Private Collection
Terrace of the Restaurant Jacob at Nienstedten on the Elbe, 1902
Oil on canvas, 27.6 x 39.4 in
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
<p>The Parrot Man, 1902<br />
Oil on canvas, 29.5 x 23.6 in<br />
Museum Folkwang, Essen</p>
Portrait of Wilhelm Bode, 1904
Oil on canvas, 52.4 x 40.2 in
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Garden Bench, 1916
Oil on canvas, 28 x 33.9 in
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
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