Max Ackermann
1887–1975
Max Ackermann was one of the artists who laid the foundations for the development of modern abstract art in Germany.
He initially studied at the art school in Weimar under Henry van de Velde, then in Dresden and Munich under Franz von Stuck. In 1912, he moved to Stuttgart, where he became a student of Adolf Hölzel at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and later founded a seminar on ‘absolute painting’. From 1936 onwards, his works were considered ‘degenerate’ and he moved to Hornstaad on Lake Constance. After the Second World War, his works gained great significance.
The state of Baden-Württemberg awarded him a professorship and in 1964 Ackermann was a guest of honour at the Villa Massimo in Rome.
