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1825 Bavaria, Germany - 1896 New York City. Known for: Figure in landscape painting-Hudson River style, teaching.
Max Eglau, highly respected Hudson-River School painter and teacher in New York City including grammar schools and Cooper Union, had his life ended by murder in his classroom at the School for Deaf... Read full biography
Max Eglau, highly respected Hudson-River School painter and teacher in New York City including grammar schools and Cooper Union, had his life ended by murder in his classroom at the School for Deaf Mutes in New York City in February 1896. The murder was never solved. Following is information about... Read full biography
Max Eglau, highly respected Hudson-River School painter and teacher in New York City including grammar schools and Cooper Union, had his life ended by murder in his classroom at the School for Deaf Mutes in New York City in February 1896. The murder was never solved. Following is information about the murder, which appeared in newspapers and other online sources: . Max is Dead !. On Monday, February 10, 1896 at 2:15pm, Max Eglau's art students waited for his arrival. When the professor did not... Read full biography
Max Eglau, highly respected Hudson-River School painter and teacher in New York City including grammar schools and Cooper Union, had his life ended by murder in his classroom at the School for Deaf Mutes in New York City in February 1896. The murder was never solved. Following is information about the murder, which appeared in newspapers and other online sources: . Max is Dead !. On Monday, February 10, 1896 at 2:15pm, Max Eglau's art students waited for his arrival. When the professor did not appear after a few minutes the superintendent David Greene went to Mr Eglau's studio to look for him. The elderly artist was lying on the floor dead. It was a bloody mess. Messengers were dispatched to nearby Mount Sinai Hospital. The doctor arrived... Read full biography
Max Eglau, highly respected Hudson-River School painter and teacher in New York City including grammar schools and Cooper Union, had his life ended by murder in his classroom at the School for Deaf Mutes in New York City in February 1896. The murder was never solved. Following is information about the murder, which appeared in newspapers and other online sources: . Max is Dead !. On Monday, February 10, 1896 at 2:15pm, Max Eglau's art students waited for his arrival. When the professor did not appear after a few minutes the superintendent David Greene went to Mr Eglau's studio to look for him. The elderly artist was lying on the floor dead. It was a bloody mess. Messengers were dispatched to nearby Mount Sinai Hospital. The doctor arrived and declared that Mr Eglau had been dead for at least 45 minutes. He had been killed someti... Read full biography
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Keywords (15)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Fruit Still Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Catskill Mountains, New York
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Marine Before 1900
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Murdered Artist
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York