Max Kahrer

Max Kahrer in profile drawn by Egon Schiele (1910)

Max Kahrer (* 1878 in Temesvar , Romania , † 1937 in Klosterneuburg ) was an Austrian painter.

Life

He studied at the Vienna Academy and then worked in Klosterneuburg. There he founded the artists' association "Association of Local Artists in Klosterneuburg" in 1906, which he temporarily chaired. At the association's first exhibition in 1908, Kahrer was represented with 22 pictures. Egon Schiele was among the visitors. The art historian Arthur Roessler wrote about him in 1928: "Among the painters currently working in Klosterneuburg, Max Kahrer is undoubtedly the most artistically important person." From 1905 to 1907 he was a member of the Hagenbund . In 1908 he opened a painting school, which he had to close again after two years. His greatest sponsor was the art dealer Heinrich Neumann.

Exhibitions

• from 1908: Association of Local Artists Klosterneuburg
• 1905–1907: Hagenbund
• 1912: Kunstsalon Heller, Vienna
• from 1920: Wiener Künstlerhaus
• 1999: Personale , City Museum Klosterneuburg

Works

• Belvedere, Vienna
• Vienna Museum
• City archive Klosterneuburg

literature

• The Studio , 35, 1905.
• A. Roessler in: Der getreue Eckart , Vol. 5, 1928 H. 12, p. 974.
• Max Kahrer - Life and Work , Klosterneuburg 1999.
• Exhibition catalog: “Vienna around 1900”, Vienna 1964, p. 119, cat.no. 392, Fig. 61.
• Exhibition catalog: "Hagenbund", Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, Vienna 1975, p. 32.
• Exhibition catalog: “Hagenbund”, Austrian Gallery, Vienna 1993, p. 251.
• The Klosterneuburg Artists' Association through the ages , Klosterneuburg 1988, p. 60.
• Beautiful Wachau , Göttweig Abbey 2011, p. 161, illus. P. 99.
• Kahrer, Max. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 176.

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