Max Klinger

Rettung (Rescue) [plate 4]. From the series 'On the Finding of a Glove'

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artist:

Max Klinger German (1857 - 1920)
title:

Rettung (Rescue) [plate 4]. From the series 'On the Finding of a Glove'
date created:

First published 1881; this 5th edition 1924
materials:

Etching
measurements:

Image size: 14.60 x 10.40 cm; paper size: 48.00 x 31.70 cm
object type:

Work on paper
credit line:

Purchased 1986
accession number:

GMA 2980 E
gallery:

Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art (Modern Two)(Print Room)

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Max Klinger

Klinger was born in Leipzig and studied in Karlsruhe and Berlin. Like many of his fellow students Klinger was at first deeply influenced by the symbolism of the German artists Böcklin, and Feuerbach, and to a certain extent by the English Pre-Raphaelite school. All these artists shared a common...