Max Bohm (1868 – September 19, 1923) was an American artist who spent much of his time in Europe.

Biography

Bohm was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and travelled in Europe. Between 1895-1904 he made his home at the

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. 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

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. Bohm became a

National Academician The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the f ...

in 1920, dying three years later in

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, a town at the tip of Cape Cod. His paintings are among the collections of the

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, the National Gallery of Art, and the Luxembourg Gallery in Paris; there is also a mural in his hometown at the Cuyahoga County Courthouse. Bohm is a grandfather of artist Anne Packard.

References

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
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