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| Ackermann, Max |
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| (*) 1887 in Berlin |
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(x)1975 in Bad Liebenzell |
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| Max Ackermann started with studying applied arts at the Weimar University where Van de Velde was teaching, then he went to Dresden and later to Munich where Franz von Stuck was teaching. Unimpressed by von Stucks Symbolism he soon moved to Stuttgart where his brothers were living. There he is influenced by Hözels theory of abstract compositions and starts to paint informal. He developed a friendship with Willi Baumeister. Around 1930 he teached at the Volkshochschule in Stuttgart. His works were banned by the Nazi regime and he was forced to stop teaching. His atelier was destroyed during a bombing in 1943. After the war he received many public prices and honours and today he is considered to be one of the founders of the informal, abstract art movement in Germany. In 1970 he was honoured by being appointed as a professor at the Stuttgart University. |
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