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Max Klinger

295 works

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Etching of a pale nude figure on a dark rocky ledge beside a tree stump, looking upward into a shadowed void.

Back into Nothingness, plate fifteen from A Life

1884

Etching of a bear looking up at a nude woman perched in a blossoming tree above a lake and hills.

Bear and Fairy

Etching of two centaurs fighting on a snowy mountain slope, with a fallen figure and a dark cloudy sky behind.

Battling Centaurs

Etching of a bearded old man at a wooden table in a forest hut with a child writing beside him, a stream nearby.

Simpliciuksen kirjoituspöytä

Etching of a kneeling young man in ragged clothing beside a grave mound, with a hut, cabbages and trees in a forest clearing.

Simplicius at the Grave of the Hermit

Monochrome print of a young man's head and shoulders framed by dark shapes, with foliage and light behind him.

Memory

1894

Printed portrait of an elderly bearded man with his fist pressed to his cheek, rendered in muted grey tones on cream paper.

Self-Portrait with Fist to Face

1918

Etching of a wounded centaur rearing on a grassy plain while nude riders with spears pursue it toward a distant town.

Pursued Centaur

1879

Etching of a rocky landslide slope with centaur figures among boulders above a river valley and distant hills.

Landslide

Etching of a pale cliff and waterfalls with a seated nude figure on a rock in the foreground and figures by the river.

Moonlit Night

Pen drawing of a winged figure beside an eagle and a seated nude freed from broken chains, with distant mountains.

The Release of Prometheus

late 19th-early 20th century

Pen drawing of the winged horse Pegasus with a young rider on its back, with German handwritten notes below.

Pegasus and the Young Bellephron

late 19th-early 20th century

Pen and ink title page design for Brahms songs with a flute player, a reclining woman, a flowering tree and decorative letter

Design for a Title Page for Sheet Music

late 19th-early 20th century

Etching of a marble bust in a rose garland on a pedestal, framed by pilasters, with bathers by a pond and a distant temple.

Evocation (Titelblatt / Erweiterungsblatt) (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 1a)

1880

Titelblatt (Malerische Zueignung / Anrufung) (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 1 [1b])

1879

Etching of robed classical figures in two architectural compartments with an ornate frieze of scrolls and masks above.

Pyramus und Thisbe I (verworfene Platte) (Rettung Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 2 [2a])

1880

Line engraving by Max Klinger showing Pyramus and Thisbe seated beside a brick pillar, with draped figures and ornamental bor

Pyramus und Thisbe I (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 2 [2b])

1879

Etching of two veiled figures and a dog in a hilly landscape with a distant white town under a pale sky.

Pyramus und Thisbe II (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 3)

1879

Etching of a wooded road with two draped figures, a seated figure by a stone monument, and hills in the distance.

Pyramus und Thisbe III (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 4)

1879

Etching of an interior with a seated woman pointing at a reclining figure on a couch, and figures peering through a doorway.

Pyramus und Thisbe IV (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 5)

1879

Etching of a nude woman with flowing hair flying through clouds while gripping two taut lines.

Intermezzo (Erstes Intermezzo) (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 6)

1879

Etching of two seated nude figures by a river under trees, with distant standing figures, hills, and a decorative floral frie

Narcissus und Echo I (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 7)

1879

Etching of a riverside landscape with trees, poplars and reeds, framed by an ornate architectural border with floral panel be

Narcissus und Echo II (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 8)

1879

Etching of a seated figure beside reeds and spiky plants, with four long-legged birds wading in a lake below distant hills.

Intermezzo (Zweites Intermezzo) (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 9)

1879

Etching by Max Klinger showing two figures in a landscape, one standing and one seated with a flowering staff, beneath a tree

Apollo und Daphne I (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 10)

1879

Etching of two nude women restraining a large white bull in a meadow, with decorative friezes above.

Apollo und Daphne II (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 11)

1879

Etching of a nude woman riding a galloping white bull across a meadow, with cattle and a nude figure by a pond.

Apollo und Daphne III (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 12)

1879

Etching of two standing figures on a shore, one spear-holding with a wreath, one bearded with a staff, and a seated figure in

Schluss (Satyre / Beschluss) (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 13)

1879

Etching of a bear gazing up at a nude figure perched in flowering trees, with a river and hills behind.

Bär und Elfe (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 1)

1881

Etching of a woman in a windswept dress standing at the sea's edge as waves roll toward a distant horizon.

Am Meer (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 2)

1881

Etching of a rearing centaur pursued by armed riders across an open grassy plain under a cloudy sky.

Verfolgter Centaur (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 3)

1881

Etching of a seated nude figure before a cliff and waterfalls in a mountain valley, by Max Klinger.

Mondnacht (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 4)

1881