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Max Klinger

Max Klinger

1857–1920

WA-00014620

Leipzig, Germany

SculptureArt NouveauSymbolism

Representation

None documented

8

Institutional Exhibitions

208

Works in Collection

250

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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The Symbolist Aesthetic

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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Narrative Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Points of View

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Symbolism, Synthesists, and the Fin-de-Si�cle

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

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Art Nouveau

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

Field Verification (3 fields)

2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/max-klinger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3149
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Max Klinger was a German artist who produced significant work in painting, sculpture, prints and graphics, as well as writing a treatise articulating his ideas on art and the role of graphic arts and printmaking in relation to painting. He is associated with symbolism, the Vienna Secession, and Jugendstil, the German manifestation of Art Nouveau. He is best known today for his many prints, particularly a series entitled Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove and his monumental sculptural installation in homage to Beethoven at the Vienna Secession in 1902.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Art Nouveau

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (208)

Self-Portrait with Fist to Face

Self-Portrait with Fist to Face

1918 · Aquatint on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image/plate: 22.8 × 15.7 cm (9 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 33.4 × 27.6 cm (13 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1918 · Etching

plate: 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.2 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Standing Nude

1914 · black chalk with gouache on brown paper

Overall (approximate): 64.5 x 34.2 cm (25 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.) support: 66.3 x 35.5 cm (26 1/8 x 14 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Genie (Künstler), from the series Vom Tode Zweiter Teil

1910 · Etching and aquatint

Plate: 17 1/2 × 13 3/16 in. (44.4 × 33.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Galatea

1906 · Cast silver; marble

Confirmed field dimensions: 43 3/4 × 12 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (111.1 × 31.8 × 47.6 cm) figure: 31 1/2 × 12 3/16 × 13 3/8 in. (80 × 31 × 34 cm) base: 21 15/16 × 10 5/8 × 13 3/8 in. (55.7 × 27 × 34 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Herrscher, from the series Vom Tode Zweiter Teil

1903 · Etching

Image: 6 15/16 × 13 1/16 in. (17.6 × 33.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plague (Pest), from the series Death, Part II (Vom Tode Zweiter Teil)

1903 · Etching

Plate: 16 15/16 × 13 1/4 in. (43 × 33.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plague (Pest) (plate 5) for the portfolio On Death, Part II, Opus XIII (Vom Tode, Zweiter Teil, Opus XIII)

Plague (Pest) (plate 5) for the portfolio On Death, Part II, Opus XIII (Vom Tode, Zweiter Teil, Opus XIII)

1903 · Etching

composition: 14 1/4 x 12 3/8" (36.2 x 31.5 cm); plate: 19 7/16 x 13 3/8" (49.4 x 34 cm); sheet: 23 1/16 x 16 3/4" (58.5 x 42.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Philosopher (from the series On Death II)

1898 · Etching and aquatint

Plate: 19 1/2 × 13 5/16 in. (49.5 × 33.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An die Schönheit, from the series Vom Tode Zweiter Teil

1898 · Engraving and etching

Plate: 16 1/4 × 12 3/4 in. (41.2 × 32.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Philosopher (Der Philosoph) (plate, preceding p. 97) from the periodical Pan, vol. 1, no. 2 (Jul-Aug 1895)

The Philosopher (Der Philosoph) (plate, preceding p. 97) from the periodical Pan, vol. 1, no. 2 (Jul-Aug 1895)

1895 · Aquatint and etching

Plate 10 1/2 x 6 3/16" (26.7 x 15.7 cm) Sheet 13 15/16 x 10 11/16" (35.4 x 27.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ritter Tod, from the series Brahmsphantasie

1894 · Etching, engraving, aquatint and mezzotint

Image: 9 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (24.8 × 14.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Evocation (from the series Brahms Fantasies)

1894 · Etching, engraving, aquatint, and mezzotint

Image: 8 11/16 × 13 5/16 in. (22 × 33.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brahms Fantasie (Opus XII)

Brahms Fantasie (Opus XII)

1894 · aquatint on paper

height: 487 cm, height: 240 cm, height: 309 cm, width: 409 cm, width: 360 cm

Erinnerung (Memory)

Erinnerung (Memory)

1892 · etching and mezzotint on wove cream paper

plate: 27.7 × 15 cm (10 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 36 × 26.5 cm (14 3/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Standing Nude

A Standing Nude

1891 · mezzotint and etching on japan paper

plate: 28.8 × 16.8 cm (11 5/16 × 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 48 × 35.2 cm (18 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View from the Artist's Studio Window, Rome

1890 · Etching and drypoint

Plate: 8 1/4 × 12 5/8 in. (21 × 32 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View from the Artist's Studio Window, Rome

1890 · Etching on thin Chinese paper

plate: 8 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (21 x 32 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the Rails, plate eight from On Death, Part I

On the Rails, plate eight from On Death, Part I

1889 · Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper

Image: 21.9 × 14.3 cm (8 5/8 × 5 11/16 in.); Plate: 26.5 × 18.7 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 31.1 cm (21 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Philosopher, plate three from One Death, Part II

Philosopher, plate three from One Death, Part II

1889 · Etching and aquatint on dark cream wove paper

Plate: 30.7 × 17.2 cm (12 1/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 58.5 × 30.7 cm (23 1/16 × 12 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dead Mother, plate ten from On Death, Part II

Dead Mother, plate ten from On Death, Part II

1889 · Etching in black ink on lightweight cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 38.6 × 29.6 cm (15 1/4 × 11 11/16 in.); Plate: 45.6 × 34.7 cm (18 × 13 11/16 in.); Sheet: 63.4 × 47.4 cm (25 × 18 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Chronicler (recto and verso)

The Chronicler (recto and verso)

1888 · Graphite, heightened with white goauche (recto and verso), on tan wove paper

43.2 × 30 cm (17 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Night, from On Death Part I

Night, from On Death Part I

1888 · Etching, aquatint and burnishing in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 27.5 × 27.3 cm (10 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 31.5 cm (12 7/16 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 36 cm (14 3/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

At the Gate (Am Thor)

At the Gate (Am Thor)

1887 · etching on Japan paper

plate: 45.72 × 31.75 cm (18 × 12 1/2 in.) sheet: 58.1 × 40.64 cm (22 7/8 × 16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (6)

208 published of 248 catalogued · 195 with image

The Met
60 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
56 published56 img
Nga
41 published41 img
MoMA
40 publishedof 80 catalogued80 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
4 published4 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Psyche und der Adler Jupiters
1880 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Night, from On Death, Part I, Opus XI (Nacht, Vom Tode, Erster Teil, Opus XI)
1884 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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A Glove: The Action
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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A Glove: The Abduction
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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A Glove: The Rescue
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Child, from On Death, Part I, Opus XI (Kind, Vom Tode, Erster Teil, Opus XI)
1884 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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On Death, Part I
1884 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Psyche met haar twee zusters
1880 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Brahms Fantasie (Opus XII)
1894 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Radierungen zu Apulejus' Märchen Amor und Psyche
1880 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Abandoned, plate five from A Life (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

8

Movements2

Art Nouveau Symbolism

Collections6

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art