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Recto: Phantasie und Künstler (Imagination and the Artist); Verso: Studie zu Phantasie und Künstler (Study for Imagination and the Artists)

Max Klinger

1873

Medium

Recto: Pen and black ink, black chalk and pencil; Verso: Pencil and pen and black ink

Dimensions

Sheet: 12 7/8 × 17 15/16 in. (32.7 × 45.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Max Klinger

1857–1920 • Germany

German painter and sculptor, best known for his large series of nightmarish etchings. Conscious of, but detached from the new ideas and style of late 19th century Europe, Klinger is difficult to classify, though much of his work can be considered Symbolist. Subjects and influences run the gamut from commentary of prostitution, late 19th century Berlin living conditions, and the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche. His "Beethoven Monument" (1899-1902) pays a monstrous homage to the composer, depicted as a Greek god on a large alabaster throne. Comment on works: graphic artist

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