Max Kruse (sculptor)
Carl Max Kruse (14 April 1854, Berlin - 26 October 1942, Berlin) was a German sculptor and member of the Berlin Secession. His wife was the doll-maker and designer Käthe Kruse. Life From 1874 to 1877, he attended the University of Stuttgart, majoring in architecture. He also studied art and entered the Prussian Academy of Arts, where his teachers were Fritz Schaper and Albert Wolff, completing his studies in 1879. His statue ''Siegerbote von Marathon'' (The Messenger from Marathon) brought him the "Prix-de-Rome" from the Prussian Academy of Arts, which included a stipendium that enabled him to make a study trip to Rome from 1881 to 1882. He was also an inventor. His ''Verfahren zur Vervollkommnung von Lithopanien'' (Method for the Perfection of Lithophanes) and a ''Bildhauerkopiergerät'' (Sculpture Copier; apparently some sort of automated pointing machine) were patented in 1897. For Max Reinhardt, he designed one of the first Cycloramas from bits and pieces of plastic. In ...
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Max Kruse (other)
Max Kruse may refer to: * Max Kruse (born 1988), German footballer * Max Kruse (Australian footballer) (born 1958), Australian footballer * Max Kruse (author) (1921–2015), German author, known mostly for his children's books * Max Kruse (sculptor) (1854–1942), German sculptor; father of the above {{hndis, Kruse, Max ...
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