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Maximilian Franz Viktor Zdenko Marie Kurzweil (12 October 1867, Bisenz – 9 May 1916, Vienna) was an Austrian painter and printmaker. He moved near Vienna in 1879. Maximillian or Max Kurzweil studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Christian Griepenkerl and Leopold Carl Müller, and attended the Académie Julian in Paris from 1892, where he exhibited his first painting at the Salon in 1894. He was co-founder of the Vienna Secession in 1897, and editor and illustrator of the influential Secessionist magazine Ver Sacrum (Sacred Spring). Kurzweil was also professor at the Frauenkunstschule, an academy for female artists in Vienna. In 1905, he was awarded the Villa Romana prize. His later works show influence from Edvard Munch and Ferdinand Hodler. As a consequence of private circumstances, made worse by his innate sense of melancholy, he committed suicide in 1916 together with his student and lover, Helene Heger. Despite his relatively short career, Kurzweil belongs to the most significant representatives of the Viennese Secessionist movement (along with Gustav Klimt).
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Studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and the Académie Julian in Paris. He was a founding member of Vienna Secession, editor and illustrator of the magazine 'Ver Sacrum.' He was an important representative of Vienna Jugendstil. Comment on works: landscape; genre; portrait
Nationalities
Austrian, German
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Woodcarver, Woodcutter, Graphic Artist, Illustrator, Painter
Names
Max Kurzweil, Maximilian Kurzweil, maximilian kurzweil, max kurzweil
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