Max Schmalzl

• Name — Max Schmalzl • Born — 7 July 1850 • Birthplace — Falkenstein, Bavaria • Died — 7 January 1930 • Place of death — Gars am Inn • Education — Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule, Munich • Known for — Painter, illustrator, designer

• Illustration — A 1911 Pustet edition of the Missale Romanum with illustrations by Max Schmalzl Born on 7 July 1850 in Falkenstein, Bavaria, Max Schmalzl came from a Catholic family that was both religious and devoted to ecclesiastical art. His older brother, Peter Schmalzl (1835–1874), was a Redemptorist priest who was a painter in his own right, and his nephew Rudolf Schmalzl (1890–1932) was also a well-known church painter. Schmalzl would later occasionally collaborate with his nephew, most notably in the decoration of the pilgrimage church of Halbmeile near Deggendorf (1910). Schmalzl attended the Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule (Royal School of Applied Arts) in Munich where he was a student of Theodor Spieß (1846–1920). Schmalzl received an education as a decorative painter and was recognized for his talents such that he received a royal scholarship of 200 guilders in September 1871. After completing his training as an artist, Schmalzl joined the Redemptorist Order at Gars Abbey in Gars am Inn. He entered the novitiate there in November 1871. He never received priestly ordination, but remained a lay brother. Schmalzl died at the monastery in Gars am Inn on 7 January 1930 at the age of 79.

In addition to his illustration work for Friedrich Pustet, Schmalzl was also responsible for the decoration and furnishing of several churches. • Decoration of the monastery chapel of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Vilsbiburg, Germany (1873–1880) • Decoration of the private chapel of the Redemptorists at Gars am Inn, Germany (1885) • Decoration of the parish church of St. Bartholomew in Kraiburg am Inn, Germany (1893–1897) • Frescoes in Sant'Alfonso all'Esquilino, Rome, Italy (1898) • Design of the altar and frescoes in the Bavarian Chapel of San Gioacchino ai Prati in Rome, Italy (1904) • Design of the frescoes, stained glass, liturgical furnishings and other decorations in the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Klosterkirche Maria Hilf) in Cham, Germany (1902–1909) • Mosaic via crucis in the Cathedral of the Assumption in Covington, Kentucky (1919)

Max Schmalzl is recorded with the occupation Catholic theologian. Recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation artist. Recorded as painter, artist, illustrator and catholic theologian.