Max Dauthendey
Illustration — Max Dauthendey by Nicola Perscheid c. Max Dauthendey (25 July 1867 – 29 August 1918) was a German author and painter of the impressionist period. He was born in Würzburg and died in Malang.
Also recorded as Maximilian Dauthendey
Max Dauthendey
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- Born
- 1867. · Würzburg.
- Died
- 1918. · Malang.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- writer, painter, photographer and librettist.
- Languages
- German.
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Illustration — Max Dauthendey by Nicola Perscheid c. Max Dauthendey (25 July 1867 – 29 August 1918) was a German author and painter of the impressionist period. He was born in Würzburg and died in Malang.
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Together with Richard Dehmel and Eduard von Keyserling, he is regarded as one of the most influential authors of that period. Dauthendey was stranded in Java at the outbreak of World War One. Attempts to provide him with a safe passage back to Germany failed. Dauthendey's birthplace, where the family lived until 1876, was destroyed during the Bombing of Würzburg in World War II.
Max Dauthendey is recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded with the occupation librettist. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded as writer, painter, photographer and librettist.
Bildnis des Dichters Maximilian Dauthenday
Künstler: E[mil] R[udolf] Weiß (1875-1942). · Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe S Thomas Kellner K 66, 26 / Fotograf: Künstler: E[mil] R[udolf] Weiß (1875-1942). · This image was catalogued by Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg under ID: S Thomas Kellner K 66, 26.
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1867
Max Dauthendey was born on 25 July 1867.
1918
Max Dauthendey died on 29 August 1918.
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- 1.Dauthendey, Max (1867–1918) in The Oxford Companion to German Literature
- 2.Routledge. A Companion to Twentieth-Century German Literature. 61. 2003. 978-1-134-74764-1.
- 3.Meeting the Enemy by Richard Van Emden
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Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Maximilian Dauthendey. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Carl Albert Dauthendey. He married Annie Dauthendey.
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