Max Schwimmer
Max Schwimmer (9 December 1895 – 12 March 1960) was a German painter, graphic artist and illustrator. Life Schwimmer was born in Leipzig as the son of a factory bookbinder. He attended the there. He then worked for several years as a school teacher in in the Erzgebirge and in Marienberg. During the First World War, he was drafted as a soldier. After returning from the war, he began studying art history and philosophy at the Leipzig University in 1919. This period saw the beginnings of his artistic activity. He also found a connection to the anti-bourgeois cabaret scene, which was dominated by Hans Reimann (writer), Hans Reimann, Erich Weinert, Slang (Fritz Hampel), and Joachim Ringelnatz, Ringelnatz. He worked for the satirical magazines ''Die Aktion'' and ''Der Drache''. With the help of Johannes R. Becher, Schwimmer managed to establish himself in the left-wing art scene. After travelling through France and Italy, Schwimmer began teaching at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Lei ...
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