Max Unold

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Max Unold (born October 1, 1885 in Memmingen , † May 18, 1964 in Munich ) was a German painter , graphic artist and writer . He is one of the most important exponents of the New Objectivity in Germany.

life and work

Max Unold was the only child of the shoemaker Leonhard Unold (1859–1944) and his wife Hermanna geb. Büchele (died 1943). After completing high school at St. Anna College in Augsburg, his studies took him to Munich in 1904, where he lived with interruptions until his death in 1964. He first studied at the private art school Moritz Heymann , from 1908 with Hugo von Habermann at the Munich Art Academy . In Munich, Unold was soon part of the Schwabing cultural crowd .

First he dealt with the representational method of representation in the tradition of Wilhelm Leibl and Trübner, from 1910 also with Expressionism. His first appearance in the art scene was the spring exhibition of the Munich Secession in 1912 .

In 1911, 1912 and 1913 he traveled to the south of France and met artists such as Paul Cézanne and others; their work and the landscape of Provence exert a great influence on his work.

Then he turned to the "New Objectivity". Today Max Unold is one of their main representatives in Germany , alongside Alexander Kanoldt , Heinrich Maria Davringhausen, Carlo Mense , Franz Radziwill , Georg Schrimpf and others. He found his motifs mainly in big and suburban life, such as workers, people in cafés, on the beach, while strolling and other leisure activities.

In 1913 he was one of the founders of the artist group “ Münchener Neue Secession ” (also “Neue Gruppe”), as its last president in 1936, he also experienced its forced dissolution during the Nazi era. In 1927 he received a professorship at the art academy. Max Unold was a member of the German Association of Artists ; 1929 already on the extended board of the DKB (jury and hanging committee). From 1946 he was President of the Professional Association of Visual Artists (BBK) Munich. As a member of the New Group , he exhibited in the Haus der Kunst . In addition, he was a professor at the "von Parish art school" in Munich.

His graphic work initially includes numerous series of woodcuts influenced by old German , later also lithographs and etchings . Many of these graphic works were used as book illustrations , some also for posters.

Unold received numerous public commissions for his paintings and graphics. He also created stage designs for the Munich Kammerspiele and the Prinzregententheater .

From 1947 to 1957 Unold was a member of the Bavarian Senate .

Honors

Works by Unold can be seen in numerous museums around the world. His artistic estate is kept in the MEWO art gallery in Memmingen and regularly made available in exhibitions.

literature

  • Max Unold: Between the studio and the bowling alley. Contemplative reflections with many drawings by the author. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1939.
  • Germaid Ruck: Max Unold (1885–1964) and Munich painting. With a directory of the oil paintings. Dissertation. Institute for Art History, Munich 1989.
  • Unold, Max. In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. Fourth volume (QU) . Study edition. EA Seemann, Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-363-00730-2 , p. 495.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Germaid Ruck: Max Unold (1995-1964) and Munich Painting, 1992, Memmingen
  2. ^ Catalog of the Deutscher Künstlerbund Cologne 1929. May – September 1929 in the State House , M. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne 1929. (p. 5, p. 32: Unold, Max, Munich. Catalog No. 303–306, Knaben am Meer , Schneeballschlacht , Rote Cap , lunch break .)
  3. ↑ neuegruppe-hausderkunst.de: deceased members / "U" (accessed on May 11, 2016)
  4. ↑ http://mewo-kunsthalle.de/sammlungen.html
personal data
SURNAME Unold, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Memmingen
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1964
Place of death Munich