Max Johann Bernhard Koner (17 July 1854,

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– 7 July 1900, Berlin) was a German portraitist.

Biography

From 1873 to 1878, he studied at the

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under

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and others. He spent some time in Italy in 1875 and, after graduating went to study in Paris. In 1893, he became a member of the Academy.Brief biography
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, beginning in 1890, depicting him in various uniforms. In 1894, one of those portraits was awarded a gold medal at the "

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", a prestigious exhibition held from 1893 to 1969. In 1886, he married one of his students, Sophie Schäffer, who also became a noted portrait painter; primarily of children. His other notable students included

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and . For several years, he served as a member of the committee that selected artists for the popular

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chocolate company. Following his premature death, he was buried at the and a competition was held to design his monument there. It was won by

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who created a profile of the artist above two women in mourning dress. The monument has not been preserved. Among his most notable portraits may be numbered those of

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(1890 and 1895),

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(1890),

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(1890),

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(1890),

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(1893),

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(1894),

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(1894) and

Herbert von Bismarck Nikolaus Heinrich Ferdinand Herbert, Prince of Bismarck (born Nikolaus Heinrich Ferdinand Herbert Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen; 28 December 1849 – 18 September 1904) was a German politician, who served as Foreign Secretary from 1886 to 1890. H ...

(1899)

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