Max Romer - Artist Info

About Max Romer

  • Biography

    Max Wilhelm Römer (22 November 1878 — 18 August 1960) was a German painter known for his numerous paintings of the Portuguese Madeira Island, where he lived part of his life.
    Life

    Römer was born in 1878 to Carl Heinrich Wilhelm and Maria Sophia Catharina Römer. He was baptised on 25 December 1879 in St. Peter's Church, Hamburg. On 24 May 1902 he married Louise Kätchen Parizot, who he met earlier in the company "Ledertechnik Holbe". Together they had five children (Max, Rolf Reinhold, Anita, Valeska Melati), one of which died already eight days after the birth.

    He served in the military during World War I, from 1915 to 1918, and he saw action at Champagne, Somme, Romania, Greece and Macedonia.

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