Max Slevogt

Lions

Max Slevogt's "Lions" is an drypoint engraving was created around 1910. This original impression is printed upon thick wove paper and with full margins as published by Die Moderne graphik in an edition of two hundred impressions. It bears the artist's name in the plate to the lower right. In this engraving, Slevogt, employs the minimum of lines, portraying the lion in three distinct studies, which unify the completed image in their delineations of both the actual animal and its emotional and psychological state of being. This is a superb, original example of the animal art created by the German Impressionist artist, Max Slevogt.

Original Drypoint Engraving by Max Slevogt

Lions

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Title:	Lions
Artist:	Slevogt, Max (Landshut, Bavaria, 1868 - Neukastel, 1932)
Date:	c. 1910
Medium:	Original Drypoint Engraving
Publisher:	Die Moderne Graphik
Note:	Max Slevogt: Along with Max Liebermann and Lovis Corinth, Max Slevogt played a pivotal role in the development of German Impressionism. A major painter, printmaker and illustrator, Max Slevogt began his studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Munich, in 1885. Four years later he completed his education at the Academie Julian, Paris. During the 1890's Max Slevogt lived and worked in Munich and became a founding member of the Munich Secession. He contributed many illustrations to the leading artistic and satirical publications, such as, Jugend and Simplisissimus.
	In 1901, Max Slevogt settled in Berlin and taught at the academies of both that city and of Munich. He also became a leading member of the Berlin Secession and, in 1914, was appointed to the Berlin Academy of Arts. During this period he illustrated such fine books as Ali Baba (1903), Lederstrumpf (1907) and Goethe's Faust (1924). The art of Max Slevogt is today included in most major German museums.
	Lions is an outstanding example of Max Slevogt's highly regarded art. Employing the minimum of lines he portrays the lion in three distinct studies, which unify the completed image in their delineations of both the actual animal and its emotional and psychological state of being. Lions was commissioned by the fine arts publication, Die Moderne graphik, and published by them in a limited edition of two hundred impressions.
Edition:	Limited edition of two hundred impressions.
Size:	4 3/4 X 7 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Buy Now	Price: $345.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon thick wove paper and with full margins as published by Die Moderne graphik around 1910. Bearing the artist's name in the plate to the lower right. A brilliantly printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Lions represents a superb, original example of the important art of Max Slevogt.
Subject:	Max Slevogt, Lions, original drypoint, German Impressionism, Munich Secession, Die Moderne graphik, limited edition.
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