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The field was located at the artist's summer house in Wannsee outside Berlin, where he completed most of his works after 1922. Liebermann had cabbages planted in place of flowers in preparation for food shortage in Germany during World War I.

Max Liebermann trained in Weimar before continuing to study in Amsterdam and Paris, where he was influenced by Courbet, Millet, and the Barbizon School. Liebermann returned to Germany in 1878 and continued painting in the Impressionist style, founding the movement in his native country. In 1899, he helped found the Berlin Secession. He was a very influential figure in German art and was the dominant figure until the emergence of avant-garde art. He was the president of the Prussian Academy of Arts but was forced to resign in 1933 because he was Jewish.

The field was probably located near the artist's summer house in Wannsee outside Berlin, where he completed most of his works after 1922.

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Liebermann, Max: Woman in a cabbage field = Das Kohlfeld, Leo Baeck Institute, 77.9.