Max Lingner (1888 - 1959)

Max Lingner

Max Lingner was a German artist of the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist, muralist and teacher.

Max Lingner at the beginning of his career, studying in Paris, was influenced by Impressionism. He worked as a painter and engraver for the newspaper Le Monde. Joining the French Communist Party, Lingner fought on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War and fought against the Nazis in the Resistance Movement in France. After returning to the GDR, he became a professor and created the monumental panel "Building the Republic" in the House of Ministers. The artist donated the 40 paintings, prints and watercolors he had brought back to the state.