Max Rupp
Max Rupp (born June 17, 1908 in Oberstein ; † September 6, 2002 ibid) was a German painter , art teacher and author .
Rupp studied in Munich , Kassel , Düsseldorf , Paris and Berlin . In 1933 he passed the state examination for artistic teaching . From 1936 to 1937 he was a freelancer for the Berliner Illustrierte Nachtausgabe . In October 1939 he accepted a position as an art teacher at the Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt am Main . During the Second World War he was used as a soldier in France and Russia . Between 1941 and 1988 he participated in numerous national and international exhibitions. Between 1948 and 1956 he was a teacher at the college for jewelry in Idar-Oberstein. In 1956 he was appointed director of the State Art School in Mainz . From 1960 he was employed as an art teacher at the Göttenbach grammar school in Idar-Oberstein.
Until the divorce in the mid-1950s, Rupp was married to Maria Pierenkämper , who would later become the wife of the publisher Ernst Rowohlt .
Awards
In 1973 he received the Slevogt Medal, in 1987 he was awarded the Art Prize of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Works
Kurt Becker, Max Rupp, Klaus Eberhard Wild: Idar-Oberstein . 3rd, modified edition, Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-88094-641-8
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| SURNAME | Rupp, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, art teacher and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Idar-Oberstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 2002 |
| Place of death | Idar-Oberstein |