Max Bohm
Max Bohm (1868 – September 19, 1923) was an American artist who spent much of his time in Europe.
Max Bohm | |
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 "My only available photograph but it will do as it looks like me" - Max Bohm | |
| Born | 1868 |
| Died | (aged 55) |
Biography
Bohm was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and travelled in Europe. Between 1895-1904 he made his home at the Etaples art colony. Described as a romantic visionary, his heroic depiction of Étaples fishermen received a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1898. He went on to teach painting at a school in London until 1911 before returning to the United States to join the school of artists in Cape Cod.
Bohm became a National Academician in 1920, dying three years later in Provincetown, a town at the tip of Cape Cod.[2] His paintings are among the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, and the Luxembourg Gallery in Paris;[1] there is also a mural in his hometown at the Cuyahoga County Courthouse.
Bohm is a grandfather of artist Anne Packard.[3]
References
- "About Max Bohm". Packard Gallery. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- "Max Bohm Dies in Provincetown". The Boston Globe. Provincetown. September 20, 1923. p. 14. Retrieved December 29, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Anne Packard Biography". Gingerbreadsquaregallery.com. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
External links
- Paintings by Max Bohm, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF)
- Biographical Notes, a catalog of American artists containing additional information on Bohm (page 9).
- A finding aid to the Max Bohm papers, 1873-1970, bulk 1880-1959, in Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution