Georg Macco (23 March 1863, inAachen – 20 April 1933, inGenoa) was a German landscape painter and illustrator, associated with theDüsseldorfer Malerschule. He is primarily known for hisOrientalist works.

He was inspired by stories of his great-great-uncle, the history and portrait painterAlexander Macco [de], who painted a portrait of theQueen of Prussia and was a close friend ofBeethoven andGoethe. His artistic career began at theKunstakademie Düsseldorf in 188o, where he studied withEugen Dücker andJohann Peter Theodor Janssen until 1887. During this time, he also contributed illustrations toDie Gartenlaube and drawings ofcoats-of-arms for his brother,Hermann Friedrich Macco [de], who was an historian andgenealogist.

He moved to Munich to further his studies and used that city as a base for his numerous travels, beginning with mountainous regions from Italy toSpitsbergen. Later, he travelled throughout the Mediterranean region, visiting such then-exotic locations asIstanbul,Baalbek,Jerusalem,Cairo and the vicinity ofMecca. The works he produced as a result of these travels would eventually become his most popular and sought after.

His works may be seen at theKunstmuseum Düsseldorf, theSuermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen, theRudolfinum inPrague and theAlpines Museum [de] in Munich. Some of his works in Aachen were previously on the "Schattengalerie" (shadow gallery) list of workslooted by the Nazis during World War II. Other works, not yet displayed, have been uncovered at theSimferopol Art Museum.

• Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 1999, Vol.8, pg.910
• (in German)Georg Macco. In:Ulrich Thieme,Felix Becker (editors):Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Band 23, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1929, S. 508.
• Albrecht Macco:Das Geschlecht Macco, Frühgeschichte, Löwensteiner Linie, Weikersheimer Linie, Kurzübersicht, Self-published, Cologne, 1940.

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