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Gabriel Max
1840 – 1915
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryGabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max was a Prague-born Austrian-German painter, and professor of history painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He was also a collector of anthropological artifacts. His collection included between 60,000 and 80,000 objects from Zoology, Anthropology, Ethology, and Prehistory. The collection is displayed in the Reiss Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 23, 1840
Prague
Date of death
November 24, 1915
Munich
Citizenship
Austrian Empire · Austria–Hungary
Occupations & fields
painterpedagogueuniversity teacherteacherknightanthropologist
Awards & honours
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
Notable works
Monkey before skelettonThe Raising of Jairus' Daughter
- Field and occupation
- český malíř
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