Max Hänger the Elder
Max Josef Hänger the Elder (also Hühner-Hänger or Haenger , * 1874 in Munich , † 1941 in Fürstenfeldbruck ) was a German animal and landscape painter .
Max Hänger first completed an apprenticeship as a decorative painter before he attended the Munich School of Applied Arts . He mainly painted small-format pictures with colorful poultry. His repertoire also includes courting grouse and hunting motifs. Hänger was a member of the Reich Association of German Visual Artists and was also a councilor in Eichenau near Munich.
His son was the painter Max Hänger junior (1898–1961).
Lexical entry
- Thieme, Ulrich / Becker, Felix / Vollmer, Hans (ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, 1992
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horst Ludwig: Munich painter in the 19th century: Landschreiber-Zintl . Munich, Bruckmann, 1994.
- ↑ Biographical information from Hasenstab
- ↑ Biographical information in Arcadja
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| SURNAME | Hanger, Max the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hänger, Max Josef the Elder; Hanger, Max; Chicken hangers; Chicken hangers |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1941 |
| Place of death | Fürstenfeldbruck |