Tote Mutter, from the series Vom Tode Zweiter Teil
n.d.
Medium
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Plate: 17 15/16 × 13 3/4 in. (45.6 × 35 cm) Sheet: 21 15/16 × 15 7/8 in. (55.7 × 40.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. F. H. Hirschland, 1952
Accession Number
52.586.2(10)
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Tote Mutter (Dead Mother), from the *Vom Tode Zweiter Teil *Max Klinger, n.d. Etching and aquatint Metropolitan Museum of Art* Klinger, a pioneering German Symbolist artist (18571920), created this haunting print as part of his ambitious series *Vom T Zweiter Teil* (" Death, Second Part"), profound themes of mortality, loss, and the human condition. Active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Klinger blended Romantic fantasy with emerging modernist sensibilities, influencing movements like Jugendstil (German Art Nouveau). "Tote Mutter" poignantly captures the tragedy of a lifeless ...
About the Artist
Max Klinger · 1857–1920
Max Klinger, born on February 18, 1857, in Leipzig to a wealthy family, emerged as one of Germany's most innovative artists across painting, sculpture, printmaking, and graphics. Demonstrating early talent, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe in 1874 as a pupil of Karl Gussow, following his teacher to the Berlin Academy upon Gussow's appointment as director, and graduated in 1877 ...