Max Schwarzer (1882 - 1955)
Max Schwarzer
Max Schwarzer was a German commercial artist and illustrator. In 1914, together with Friedrich Heubner, Valentin Zietara, Emil Preetorius, Franz Paul Glass and Carl Moos, he founded the artists' association The Six, one of the first groups of artists to market advertising commissions. Max Schwarzer drew for the satirical journal Simplicissimus. His carnival posters shaped the Munich carnival, such as In the Magic Garden of Regina (Carnival 1928) or Munich Carnival (1934). Max Schwarzer painted covers for the magazine Uhu in the New Objectivity style. In 1930 he made the Art Deco mosaics on the steamer Europa with Hans Gött. In the early 1920s, he illustrated the fairy tale volumes for the Munich Rösl publishing house with hand-colored pictures and ornaments.
| Date and place of birt: | 5 april 1882, Wrocław, Poland |
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| Date and place of death: | 30 march 1955, Braunschweig, Germany |
| Nationality: | Germany, Poland |
| Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Graphic artist, Illustrator, Painter, Portraitist, Posterist |
| Art school / group: | Die Sechs |
| Genre: | Genre art, Portrait |
| Art style: | Art Deco, New Objectivity |
| Technique: | Book Graphic, Mosaic |
