Max Valentin
Max Valentin (born July 14, 1875 in Fürstenwalde / Spree ; † May 5, 1931 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .
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Valentin studied at the Berlin Art Academy under Ludwig Manzel (1894–1908 as a student and employee). He then worked as a freelance sculptor in Charlottenburg . From 1904 to 1918 he was regularly represented with his objects at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition . He mainly created small sculptures, some of which are strongly influenced by Art Nouveau . He found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .
Work (incomplete)
- Amazon (bronze)
- Blacksmith sitting on an anvil (bronze)
- Bathers (bronze)
- The singer's curse (bronze)
- Woman sculpture [bust undressed, skirt with classic folds] (alabaster)
- Goethe on the ruins of Rome (bronze)
- Mantel clock with young lovers (alabaster)
- Lying greyhound (Rosenthal porcelain sculpture)
- Lion Bride [Cybele or Una and the Lion] (bronze)
- Teasing [Sitting Nude with Angel] (Bronze)
- Armor Warrior (Bronze)
- Seated Lute Player (Bronze)
- Dancing girl in long dress (ceramic)
- Sad Pierrot (Rosenthal porcelain sculpture)
literature
- Valentin, Max. In: Hermann Alexander Müller , Hans W. Singer (Hrsg.): Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Volume 6. Frankfurt am Main 1922, p. 286.
- Valentin, Max . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 65 .
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| SURNAME | Valentin, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fürstenwalde / Spree |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1931 |
| Place of death | Berlin |