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Maximilian Pirner

Maximilian Pirner (1853 - 1924) was active/lived in Austria, Czech Republic.  Maximilian Pirner is known for Mythology, female figures, macabre theme painting, teaching.

Maximilian Pirner (Czech: Maxmilián Pirner; February 13, 1853 in Schüttenhofen (Czech: Sušice), Bohemia – April 2, 1924 in Prague) was a Czech painter. He was a member of the Vienna Secession*, and associated with the Mánes Union of Fine Arts.

He was enrolled from 1872 to 1874 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague and from 1875 to 1879 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, where he studied with his countryman, Josef Matyáš Trenkwald. He remained in Vienna until 1887, although he was not an active participant in the local artistic community. At that time, he became a teacher at the Academy in Prague and was named a Professor there in 1896

Pirner's usual themes were classical mythology (such as his Medusa (1891) and Hecate (or Hekate) (1901)) and the macabre (such as Sleepwalker (or Girl in Her Nightie Walks on the Window-Ledge) (1878), Daemon Love (1893), and Allegory of Death (1895)). Pirner completed a number of sketches of female f   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1593 characters.]  Artist bio

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