Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Max Liebermann

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German artist Max Liebermann.

Last updated on November 20, 2024.

Max Liebermann was a German painter and printmaker of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, and one of the leading proponents of Impressionism in Germany and continental Europe. In addition to his activity as an artist, he also assembled an important collection of French Impressionist works.

German - Artist | July 20, 1847 - February 8, 1935

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Whenever I see a Frans Hals, I feel the desire to paint; but when I see a Rembrandt, I want to give it up.

Max Liebermann

In these difficult times, the feeling of solidarity with my Jewish co-religionists is doubly gratifying and comforting in view of the deprivation of rights with which German Jews are now forced to live.

Max Liebermann

It is Leistikow's lasting achievement - and will always remain so - that he found a style that can express the melancholy charm of the surroundings of Berlin. We see the Grunewald lakes and those on the upper Spree through his eyes; he has taught us to see their beauty.

Max Liebermann

Like a horrible nightmare, the abrogation of equal rights weighs upon us all, but especially upon those Jews who, like me, had surrendered themselves to the dream of assimilation.

Max Liebermann

Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up!

Max Liebermann

The art of drawing is the art of omission.

Max Liebermann