Max Todt
Max Todt (* 1847 in Paderborn ; † May 8, 1890 in Munich ) was a German genre painter .
Life
Max Todt studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1863 to 1867 . There were Andreas and Karl Mueller , Heinrich Mücke and Julius Roeting his teachers. He was also a private student of Wilhelm Sohn . From 1870 to 1871 he took part in the Franco-German War as a volunteer and returned home in poor health. After that he was unable to work for a long time. In 1877 he moved to Munich. He occupied himself with genre painting, preferring scenes from the time of the Thirty Years' War . Todt died in Munich at the age of 43.
literature
- Adolf Rosenberg: The Munich School of Painting , Leipzig 1887, pp. 59, 60.
- Report on the existence and work of the Munich Art Association in 1890 . Munich 1891, p. 67.
- Hermann Arthur Lier: Todt, Max . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 410.
- Jochai Rosen: Soldiers at leisure. The guardroom scene in dutch genre painting of the Golden Age . Amsterdam 2010, pp. 171, 172.
Web links
Commons : Max Todt - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Max Todt , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
- Max Todt , auction results on the portal artnet .de
- Agra art
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016) , PDF
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Todt, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German history and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paderborn |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1890 |
| Place of death | Munich |