Maximilian Schäfer

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Maximilian Schäfer in his studio, 1908. Photo by Ed. Frankl.
Illustration by Maximilian Schäfer from the first edition of the novel Der Schatz des Kaziken , 1890

Maximilian Schäfer (born June 14, 1851 in Berlin , † July 21, 1916 on a cure in Salzschlirf ) was a German portrait and genre painter , book illustrator and specialist writer .

Life

Shepherd lived in Berlin, where he was a professor at the Royal Academic College of Fine Arts and the Museum of Decorative Arts taught. He had previously been a student at the Berlin Academy of the Arts and the art school in Weimar . His teachers included Theodor Hagen , F. Schauss and Alexander Struys . From 1896 he headed the Berlin University of Fine Arts . He illustrated, among other things, a German edition of Robinson Crusoe , “Die Familie Schrötter” by Marie Silling and an edition of Der Schatz des Kaziken by Eginhard von Barfus .

His students included Ernst Hase , Paul Adolf Hauptmann , Charlotte Berend-Corinth , Wilhelm Rex , Fritz W. Schulz , August Böcher, Fritz Peters-Weber, Ernst Dagen, Erna Schmidt (married Petraschek?).

Works (excerpt)

  • Schäfer, Maximilian: Animal forms comparative studies on the anatomy of humans and animals for artists, artisans and amateurs. Text and Atlas. 2 vols. Dresden, Kühtmann, (1899).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.robinsone.de/auth/defoe-alles.htm
  2. ^ Illustration by M. Schäfers for Robinson Crusoe
  3. ↑ Illustration M. Schäfers for The Treasure of the Kaziken
personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Maximilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, book illustrator and specialist writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1916
Place of death Bad Salzschlirf