Max Lacher
Max Lacher (born July 18, 1905 in Munich , died in 1988 there ) was a German painter.
Life
Lacher received his training at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich, the art academy with Julius Diez and in 1926 in Paris. In 1931 he received the Albrecht Dürer Prize from the city of Nuremberg . He then worked mainly as a portrait painter. In 1935 the Deutsche Reichspost commissioned him with a monumental painting. He received further orders from the Air Force. He did not receive a professorship at the Werkkunstschule in Cologne after he refused to join the NSDAP. His early work was burned in a bomb attack on Munich. His membership in a resistance group resulted in an absentee death sentence. After 1945 he exhibited regularly in Munich, was a board member of the Munich Secession and was repeatedly President of the House of Art . In 1985 he was awarded the Munich Glowing Gold medal. In 1974 he received the Water Lily Prize . In 1988 he died in Munich.
Work (selection)
- Frescoing of the Anastasia Chapel in the Munich Forest Cemetery
- Stained glass window for Sankt Martin, Landshut
- Facade design for Ludwig Beck am Rathauseck , Munich
- St. Onuphrius at the house at Marienplatz 17 in Munich
Web links
- Max Lacher on artnet
- Max Lacher at Ketterer Kunst
- Max Lacher on the website of Galerie Schüller
Individual evidence
- ↑ essentially based on: Max Lacher on the website of Galerie Schüller, Munich, accessed on September 10, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laugh, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1988 |
| Place of death | Munich |