At the peak of his career, he tackled his most complex classical myth, painted a patron in the South Tirol, and the founder of modern zoos. And then…
Secession
As he celebrates his 50th birthday, his young family are growing in size and number. More brilliant paintings, and more success.
Berlin, the vibrant city of modern arts, brought love and marriage – and a brief reprise of Salome too.
His time in Munich concluded with his first great painting, inspired by Wilde’s play, which was in turn inspired by Moreau’s paintings of Salome.
When he was in Munich, he did much more than just drink lots of red wine and champagne. Here are his experimental paintings from the period.
Every bit as radical as Cézanne, his paintings capture the countryside of a long lost era, with its horses and carts.
The main German impressionist painters followed the French Impressionists, with Liebermann and Slevogt continuing to use the style well into the twentieth century.
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