Max Neumann (b. 1949)

Neumann was born in 1949 in Saarbruecken.

Schooling:
1960-1970 Werkkunstschule in Saarbrucken.
1969-1970 School of Applied Art in Saarbrucken
1970-1973 Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
1974-1976 University of Fine Arts Berlin

Selected Awards Include:
1982- Charlottenburger Art Award, Berlin
1983- Award of the BDI (German Industry Federation)
1984- Rubens Award of the city of Siegen
1986- Villa Romana-Award, Firenze
1998- Dr. Dietrich Schulz Foundation Award
2003- Award of the City of Iserlohn

Some of Neumann's public collections include: Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlinische Galerie - Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett - Berlin, Museum Lübeck, Saarlandmuseum Saarbrücken, Museum Folkwang Essen, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloß Gottorf, Sammlung Deutsche Bank Frankfurt, Sammlung Deutsche Bank Luxemburg, Fondation Guerlain - Frankreich, Fondation Maeght, St. Paul de Vence - Frankreich, Museum Caen - Frankreich, Museum Oviedo - Spanien, Seibu Museum, Tokio - Japan, Kawamura - Memorial - Museum, Chiba - Japan, Sendai Museum, Sendai - Japan, Museum Hiroschima - Japan, Museum Hakone - Japan.

From 1987 to 1988 Neumann was the Artist in Residence at the Akademie of Fine Arts Karlsruhe. Neumann continues to live and work in Berlin.

Sources Include:
www.bleuacier.com
www.ronchiniarte.com
www.maxneumann.com

Max Neumann was born in 1949.

He received his first artistic training at the Art School in his hometown of Saarbrücken. He continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe in 1970. In 1974, he moved to Berlin to graduate at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Max Neumann has received numerous awards since the 1980s, including the Florentine Villa Romana Prize and the Grand Prix de S.A.S. le Prince Rainier III. from Monaco.

Examples of his artistic output can be found, for instance, at the Museum Folkwang in Essen or at the Kunsthalle in Hamburg.