Max grains

Max Körner (born September 18, 1887 in Reutlingen , † June 21, 1963 in Nuremberg ) was a German graphic artist, painter and book artist.

Career

In 1901, Körner completed a three-year apprenticeship as a wood sculptor with his father in Nürtingen and studied at the Kgl. Teaching and testing workshop in Stuttgart near Pankok and Cissarz . From 1913 to 1921 he was a teacher for graphics and book trade at the Stuttgart School of Applied Arts. From 1921 he held a professorship at the State School for Applied Art in Nuremberg and was head of the master class for applied graphics. In 1922, the Stuttgarter Kickers acquired the current Körner emblem, for presumably 300 marks. During the National Socialist era , Körner worked for Nazi organizations and produced printed matter for the "City of Nazi Party Rallies". In 1944, Körner was on the God-gifted list .

After the war, from 1945 to 1948 he was temporarily entrusted with the management of the academy, which was temporarily housed in Ellingen Castle, until Fritz Griebel was appointed director. His students there included u. a. Heinz Schillinger , Richard Lindner and Dore Meyer-Vax .

Honors

1953: City of Nuremberg Prize
1958: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

Grains, max . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 82 .
Manfred H. Grieb (Hrsg.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon: Visual artists, craftsmen, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century. Volume 2, Saur KG Verlag GmbH, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-598-11763-9

Web links

Literature by and about Max Körner in the catalog of the German National Library
http://www.artnet.com/artist/705077/max-korner.html

Individual evidence

↑ Max Gnugesser-Mair: Critique of the embellished and abridged presentation of numerous artist biographies from the Nazi era in the Nuremberg Artist Lexicon , 2016 (Review by Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon, 2007)
^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 324.

personal data
SURNAME	Grains, max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German graphic artist, painter and book artist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 18, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reutlingen
DATE OF DEATH	June 21, 1963
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Max Gnugesser-Mair: Critique of the embellished and abridged presentation of numerous artist biographies from the Nazi era in the Nuremberg Artist Lexicon , 2016 (Review by Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon, 2007)

[2] Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 324.