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    Artist

  • Bellenger, Clément Édouard, 1851-1898

    • Title

  • Max Liebermann / Gravure de Clément Bellenger

  • Physical Description

    Engraving : ink on paper ; 17" x 12" ; 42 x 31 cm

  • Date

    circa 1880

  • Summary

    Bust view of Max Liebermann as a young man with a bushy moustache, his body facing foward while his face is turned slightly to the left, eyes gazing. The engraver's signature is at the bottom of the portrait. Underneath: "Max Liebermann. Gravure de [engraving by] Clément Bellenger."

  • Depicted

    Liebermann, Max, 1847-1935

  • Subject

    Portraits, Men

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Engravings

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Max Liebermann (1847-1935) was a German-Jewish printmaker and painter. He originally studied philosophy at the University of Berlin before switching to painting and drawing in Weimar. He also studied abroad in Paris and the Netherlands. When the Franco-Prussian War broke out, Liebermann served as a medic. Afterward, he worked in Munich for a short period and then settled in Berlin in 1884. He was heavily influenced by French Impressionists, whose works he collected, and became a leader of German Impressionism and the Berlin Secession. Liebermann was president of the Prussian Academy of Arts, but he resigned in 1933, once the academy refused to exhibit works by Jewish artists.

Clément Bellenger was a French wood engraver, working mostly on illustrations for books and serials. Bellenger’s family had many artists and engravers, who were his teachers.

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Bellenger, Clément Édouard: Max Liebermann / Gravure de Clément Bellenger, Leo Baeck Institute, 83.151.