Max Oppenheimer (artist)

This article is about the Austrian artist. For the German archaeologist, see Max von Oppenheim.
Max Oppenheimer
Portrait of Oppenheimer by Egon Schiele (1910)
Born1 July 1885
Vienna, Austria
Died19 May 1954
New York City, US
NationalityAustro-Hungarian

Max Oppenheimer (1 July 1885 – 19 May 1954), later known as MOPP, was an Austrian painter and graphic artist.[1]

Life

Oppenheimer was born in Vienna on 1 July 1885. He studied from 1900 to 1903 at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste there under Christian Griepenkerl and Siegmund L'Allemand, and then – from 1903 to 1906 – at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, under Franz Thiele.[1][2][3] Along with Egon Schiele, with whom he shared a studio in 1910 and Oskar Kokoschka he was considered as being one of Austria's leading avant-garde artists.[3][4] His work was influenced by several movements including expressionism, cubism and futurism.[5] His work was included in two art exhibitions in 1908 and 1909 in Vienna co-organised by Gustav Klimt.[3] His first one-man show was held in Munich at the Moderne Galerie in 1910.[6] He was known for his portraits of contemporary cultural figures such as Thomas Mann and Arnold Schoenberg.[7]

Between 1915 and 1925, Oppenheimer lived mainly in Switzerland, then Germany, before returning to Vienna. With the invasion of Austria by Germany in 1938, Oppenheimer fled to the United States. He died in New York City in 1954.

References

  1. ^ a b Puttkamer, M. A. v. (2003). Oppenheimer, Max. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T063649. ISBN 978-1-884446-05-4.
  2. ^ [s.n.] (2011). Oppenheimer, Max. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00133255. (subscription required).
  3. ^ a b c "MoMA | The Collection | Max Oppenheimer (MOPP) (American, born Austria. 1885–1954)". MoMA.org. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  4. ^ "MOPP - Max Oppenheimer 1885-1954 | Jüdisches Museum Wien". www.jmw.at. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  5. ^ "Kunsthandel Widder - Max Oppenheimer". kunsthandelwidder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  6. ^ "Gustav Mahler - Gustav Mahler". mahlerfoundation.info. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  7. ^ Schoenberg, E. Randol (2018-06-08). The Doctor Faustus Dossier: Arnold Schoenberg, Thomas Mann, and Their Contemporaries, 1930-1951. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520969155.

Further reading

  • Echte, Bernhard, ed. Max Oppenheimer (MOPP), 1885–1954: Gemälde und Graphiken. Exh. cat., Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich. Baden: Stiftung Langmatt Sidney und Jenny Brown, 1995.
  • Tobias G. Natter (ed.): MOPP: Max Oppenheimer, 1885–1954. Exh. cat. Vienna: Jewish Museum Vienna, 1994.
  • Pabst, Michael. Max Oppenheimer: Verzeichnis der Druckgrafik. Munich: Galerie Michael Pabst, 1993.