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Max Doerner (1 April 1870 in Burghausen – 1 March 1939 in
Max Doerner (1 April 1870 in Burghausen – 1 March 1939 in Munich
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) was a German artist and art theorist.
Doerner's artistic education was at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich
The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...
where he studied under Johann Caspar Herterich
Johann Caspar Herterich, sometimes known as Hans (3 April 1843, Ansbach – 26 October 1905, Munich) was a German history and genre painter. He was also a popular Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
Life and work
He was the son of ...
and Wilhelm von Diez
Albrecht Christoph Wilhelm von Diez (17 January 1839, Bayreuth – 25 February 1907, Munich) was a German painter and illustrator of the Munich School.
Life
He attended a trade school in Munich, followed by the Polytechnic School (precursor of ...
. His style was impressionistic
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
. He travelled around Europe, in particular to the Low Countries and Italy, and studied the old techniques of painting. He is most noted for his work ''The Materials of the Artist and Their Use in Painting'', first published in 1921.
His approach inspired the founding of the Doerner Institute
Doerner Institute was founded in 1937 in Munich as a ''State Testing and Research Institute for Colour Technology'' (in German ''Staatliche Prüf- und Forschungsanstalt für Farbentechnik)''.
The founding of the Institute
Doerner Institute is n ...
.Ball, Philip (2001) Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour, Vintage
He was also an instructor at the Munich Academy, where his students included Karl Gatermann the Younger
Karl Gatermann (June 17, 1909 – April 3, 1992), typically referred to in art circles as Karl Gatermann the Younger, was a German painter, graphic artist, and set designer. He was the nephew of his namesake, Karl Gatermann, also an artist.
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See also
*List of German painters
This is a list of German painters.
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald Achenbach (1827 ...
* Mischtechnik
Mischtechnik or mixed technique is a term spanning various methods of layering paint, including the usage of different substances. The term gained popularity after Max Doerner's 1921 book ''The Materials of the Artist and Their Use in Painting: Wi ...
References
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* 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists 1870 births 1939 deaths German art educators People from Burghausen, Altötting {{Germany-artist-stub