Max Weber (artist)

Max Weber (born April 18, 1881 in Białystok , † October 4, 1961 in Great Neck , NY ) was a Polish - American painter and sculptor .

He and his strictly Jewish parents emigrated to Brooklyn NY in the United States in 1891 . There he attended the Pratt Institute from 1898 to 1900 , where he was taught art and design. In 1905 he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian together with Jean-Paul Laurens , then at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the Académie Colarossi . He made the acquaintance of Henri Rousseau , joined the circle of Henri Matisse and met Pablo Picasso in 1907 . In 1909 he returned to the USA. From 1912 his painting style turned to cubism. In 1913 Weber took part in the Armory Show in New York. In 1955 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters .

literature

Robert Darmstädter: Reclam's artist lexicon, Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1919; ISBN 3-15-010280-4
Three American Modernist Painters: Max Weber, Maurice Sterne, Stuart Davis , 1970, reprinted by Arno Press Inc., New York, ISBN 0-405-01528-3

Commons : Max Weber (painter) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

↑ Members: Max Weber. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed May 2, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Weber, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish-American painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Białystok , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	4th October 1961
Place of death	Great Neck , New York