Max Koner

Max Koner studied at Academy of Arts, Berlin and Prussian Academy of Arts. Training under Anton von Werner, Eduard Daege and Eduard Holbein is recorded. Hermann Struck is recorded as having studied under Max Koner. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Employment is recorded with Berlin University of the Arts. Work by Max Koner is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Alte Nationalgalerie, Gemäldegalerie Berlin and Germanisches Nationalmuseum.

• Illustration — Kaiser Wilhelm II He was born in Berlin. From 1873 to 1878, he studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts under Eduard Daege, Anton von Werner and others. He spent some time in Italy in 1875 and, after graduating went to study in Paris. In 1893, he became a member of the Academy. Originally devoted to landscape painting, he switched to figure painting and, finally, to portraits. Between 1888 and his death, he completed over 100 portraits, including thirty of Kaiser Wilhelm II, beginning in 1890, depicting him in various uniforms. In 1894, one of those portraits was awarded a gold medal at the "Große Berliner Kunstausstellung", a prestigious exhibition held from 1893 to 1969. In 1886, he married one of his students, Sophie Schäffer, who also became a noted portrait painter; primarily of children. His other notable students included Hermann Struck, Clara Siewert and Paul Gerhart Vowe. For several years, he served as a member of the committee that selected artists for the popular trading cards issued by the Stollwerck chocolate company. He died in 1900 in Berlin, and was buried at the Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor. A competition to design his monument there was won by Fritz Klimsch who created a profile of the artist above two women in mourning dress. The monument has not been preserved. • Illustration — Portrait of Ernst Curtius Among his most notable portraits may be numbered those of Adolph von Menzel (1890 and 1895), Andreas Achenbach (1890), Emil Du Bois-Reymond (1890), Anton von Werner (1890), Ernst Curtius (1890), Johannes von Miquel (1893), Eugen Bracht (1894), Georg von Kameke (1894) and Herbert von Bismarck (1899)

Max Koner is recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of Prussia. Recorded with the occupation painter. Classed in the genre portrait. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Max Johann Bernhard Koner. His recorded language was German. He married Sophie Koner.