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Max Johann Bernhard Koner (17 July 1854,Berlin – 7 July 1900, Berlin) was a German portraitist.
From 1873 to 1878, he studied at thePrussian Academy of Arts underEduard Daege,Anton von Werner 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.[1]
Originally devoted to landscape painting, he switched to figure painting and, finally, to portraits. Between 1888 and his death, he completed over 100 portraits, including thirty of KaiserWilhelm II, beginning in 1890, depicting him in various uniforms. In 1894, one of those portraits was awarded a gold medal at the "Große Berliner Kunstausstellung", a prestigious exhibition held from 1893 to 1969.[1]
In 1886, he married one of his students,Sophie Schäffer, who also became a noted portrait painter; primarily of children.[1] His other notable students includedHermann Struck,Clara Siewert andPaul Gerhart Vowe [de].
For several years, he served as a member of the committee that selected artists for the populartrading cards issued by theStollwerck chocolate company.
Following his premature death, he was buried at theFriedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor [de] and a competition was held to design his monument there. It was won byFritz Klimsch 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 ofAdolph von Menzel (1890 and 1895),Andreas Achenbach (1890),Emil Du Bois-Reymond (1890),Anton von Werner (1890),Ernst Curtius (1890),Johannes von Miquel (1893),Eugen Bracht (1894),Georg von Kameke (1894) andHerbert von Bismarck (1899)
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