Max Frey

Max Frey
Pass photograph from 1938
Born	16 April 1874 Mühlburg, near Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died	11 March 1944 (aged 69) Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	painter Graphic artist

Max Frey (April 16, 1874 – March 11, 1944) was a German painter and graphic artist associated with the Symbolism^[1] and New Objectivity movement.

Life

He was born in Mühlburg near Karlsruhe and studied in 1893–1903 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe^[2] under Ferdinand Keller, Gustav Schönleber and Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth.

Max Frey moved to Frankfurt in 1904 and later in 1906 to Dresden. In 1907, he became a teacher in graphic design and painting at the Dresden Academy of Arts and Crafts and was appointed a Professor in 1910.^[3] His students included Hans Grundig, Willy Wolff and Oscar Cahén.^[4] Max Frey was a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund^[5] and the Dresden Art Cooperative. He also was a founding member of the artists' group Grün-Weiß and the Dresdner Künstlergruppe 1913.

Max Frey died in Bad Harzburg on 11 March 1944. He was buried at Urnenhain Tolkewitz, Dresden.

Works

Graphic works

His graphic work was inspired by the Art Nouveau movement.

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  Poster, 1900
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  Exhibition poster, 1906
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  Exhibition poster, 1910
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  Bookplate, around 1910
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  Postcard, 1911

Paintings

His paintings during the late 1920s and 1930s were influenced by the New Objectivity movement under the style of Magic realism.

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  Dockyard, 1905
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  Poseidon and sea-creatures, 1922
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  Sea-creature
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  Self-portrait, sixty years old

See also

• List of German painters

Notes

1. "Max Frey: Träumender (Dreaming), 1930, oil on plywood". symbolismus.com. Jack Daulton Collection. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
2. Studio-Talk. In: The international studio. John Lane Company, New York, 21 (1903/1904) pp. 174 (full text online)
3. Kleine Kunstnachrichten. In: Die Kunst : Monatsheft für freie und angewandte Kunst, 13 (1910) 22, pp. 488 (full text online)
4. Jaleen Grove: Oscar Cahén. Life and Work. Art Canada Institute, Toronto, (2015) pp. 5, ISBN 978-1-4871-0067-4 (full text online)
5. "Regular members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund". Deutscher Künstlerbund. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

References

• Holger Schlegel: Die vergessene Welt des Malers Max Frey. In: Goslarsche Zeitung. Ausgabe Bad Harzburg, 231 (2015) No. 171, pp. 18 (full text online).
• Gernot Klatte: Frey, Max. In: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL), 44 (2005) pp. 521, ISBN 3-598-22784-1
• Joseph August Beringer: Frey, Max. In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, 12 (1916) pp. 442
• Joseph August Beringer: Badische Malerei im neunzehnten Jahrhundert (1913) pp. 128–129
• Friedrich Jansa: Frey, Max Adolf Peter. In: Deutsche Bildende Künstler in Wort und Bild (1912) pp. 169

External links

• Gernot Klatte: Max Frey (1874–1944). In: Sächsische Biografie (German)