Max Josef Becker

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Max Josef Becker (born April 13, 1890 in Munich ; † March 23, 1971 there ) was a German painter , draftsman and etcher .

life and work

Since his father, Heinrich Becker, whose job is listed as servant, bookbinder or photographer's assistant in his registration records, moved to the USA in 1899, Max Josef grew up with several siblings with his mother, Elisabeth, née Schwer. After attending the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich for four years , he left it; another school visit is not documented. His entry into Angelo Jank's drawing class at the Munich Art Academy was not documented until May 6, 1909 . Until 1917 he then worked in Heinrich von Zügel's painting class , most recently as his master student.

Becker remained unmarried and worked as an animal and landscape painter in Munich throughout his life. Since 1917 he took part in the annual exhibitions in the Glaspalast with his depictions of farm horses, cows and sheep as well as some landscape paintings , in the 1920s also in those of the Free Artists' Association in Munich, and until the 1950s in the art exhibitions in the Haus der Kunst in Munich . He was a member of the Munich Artists 'Cooperative and the Allotria artists' association in Munich.

Becker was buried in the old part of the Munich forest cemetery (grave 152-3-212).

Works in public collections (selection)

  • Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus : Young bulls in the stable , 1936

literature

  • Dressler's Art Handbook (1930)
  • Kunst-Rundschau 46, 1938, p. 141 (ill.).
  • Becker, Max Joseph . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953.
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 73, March 26, 1971: Burials
  • Becker, Max Joseph . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 8, Saur, Munich a. a. 1993, ISBN 3-598-22748-5 .
  • Horst Ludwig: Munich painter in the 19th / 20th centuries Century . Vol. 5. Bruckmann, Munich 1993 (Fig.)
  • Karl Breitschaft (editor): Heinrich von Zügel and his students. The Neurieder Collection - anniversary exhibition . Munich [1995].
  • Siegfried Weiß : Art career aspiration. Painter, graphic artist, sculptor. Former students of Munich's Maximiliansgymnasium from 1849 to 1918. Allitera Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86906-475-8 , pp. 359–363 (Fig.)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Munich, city archive, registration documents (PMB): Heinrich Becker / Max Josef Becker .
  2. ↑ Maximiliansgymnasium Munich, archive, register and annual reports 1902/03 to 1905/06.
  3. ↑ Register book of the Academy of Fine Arts 1884-1920: 03688 Josef Becker .
  4. ^ Exhibition catalogs : Munich, Glaspalast 1917–1923.
  5. ^ Freier Künstlerbund Munich, October / November 1925.
  6. ↑ Erich Schreibmayr: Last home. Personalities in Munich cemeteries 1784–1984. Self-published, Munich 1985, p. 167.
  7. ↑ Fig .: Horst Ludwig: Münchner Maler im 19./20. Century . Vol. 5. Bruckmann, Munich 1993.
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Max Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Becker, Max Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1971
Place of death Munich