Gabriel Cornelius (Gabriel) Max
1840–1915
Bohemian-born German painter. Born in Prague; studied at the art academy there, and then in Vienna, 1855–8. Studied in Munich, 1863–7. Professor of historical painting, Munich, 1879–83. Lived at Starnberger Lake in Ammerland, where he had a large colony of monkeys. Interested in spiritualism and the occult. Ennobled in 1900.
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NDB
Bibliography
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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