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Max Klinger
Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony
Archival Overview
German Symbolist painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose dreamlike print cycle 'A Glove' and polychrome marble monument to Beethoven pioneered modern psychological fantasy.
Biographical Record
Max Klinger (1857–1920 CE) studied in Karlsruhe and Berlin, championing the Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art) combining sculpture, colored marbles, and painting.
His print series Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove anticipated Freudian psychoanalysis and Surrealism through erotic dream fetishes, while his seated Beethoven in Vienna dazzled the Secession.
Key Life Milestones
Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove (Ein Handschuh)
Published his revolutionary 10-etching narrative cycle tracing a lost roller-skating glove through surreal nightmares.
Beethoven Monument at the Vienna Secession
Unveiled his seated Beethoven carved from diverse colored marbles, the centerpiece of Klimt's 14th Secession exhibition.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialNaumburg, Germany