Max Weber (artist)

Max Weber in 1914

For the social theorist and philosopher, see Max Weber

Max Weber (April 18, 1881 - October 4, 1961) was a Jewish-American painter who worked in the style of cubism before migrating to Jewish themes towards the end of his life.

Biography

Born in a Polish city of Białystok, then part of Russian Empire, he immigrated to America with his parents at the age of 10. He studied art at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn under Arthur Wesley Dow.

In 1905 he had saved enough money to travel to Paris and study, acquainting himself with the work of such modernist artists as Henri Rousseau, Matisse, Pablo Picasso and other members of the so-called School of Paris.

In 1909 he returned to New York and helped to introduce cubism to America. He is considered one of the most significant American cubists.

In 1930 the Museum of Modern Art held a retrospective of his work, the first solo exhibition at that museum of an American artist.

Gallery

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  Study for Russian Ballet 1914 - Brooklyn Museum

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  Avoirdupois, 1915

Further reading

• Harnsberger, R.S. (2002). Four artists of the Stieglitz Circle: a sourcebook on Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, and Max Weber [Art Reference Collection, no. 26]. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
• North, P. (1991). Max Weber: the cubist decade, 1910-1920. Atlanta: High Museum of Art.
• North, P. (1996). Max Weber: Max Weber's women. New York: Forum Gallery.
• Rubenstein, D.R. (1980). Max Weber: a catalogue raisonné of his graphic work. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Werner, A. (1975). Max Weber. New York: Abrams.

External links

• Max Weber Biography: Hollis Taggart Galleries
• Max Weber Artwork Examples on AskART.