Max Linde
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Max Linde was an ophthalmologist
who is best known as a patron and art collector of the early 20th century. He was an important patron of the painter Edvard Munch
, among others.
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems...
who is best known as a patron and art collector of the early 20th century. He was an important patron of the painter Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...
, among others.
Further reading
- Otto Grautoff: Lübeck, Reihe Stätten der Kultur, Vol. 9, Leipzig 1908, p. 156 ff
- Carl Georg Heise: Edvard Munch und seine Beziehungen zu Lübeck, in: Der Wagen 1927, p. 82-90
- Friedrich v. Rohden: Von alten Lübecker Ärzten, in: Der Wagen 1960, p. 83 (90ff)
- Lothar Linde: Erinnerungen an Marie Linde, in: Der Wagen 1961, p. 101 ff
- Arne Eggum: Der Linde-Fries - Edvard Munch und sein erster deutscher Mäzen, Dr. Max Linde, aus dem Norwegischen von Alken Bruns, Veröffentlichung XX des Senat der Hansestadt Lübeck - Amt für Kultur, Lübeck 1982
- Stefan Pucks: Linde, Maximilian (Max) in: Biographisches Lexikon für Schleswig-Holstein und Lübeck, Band 11, Neumünster 2000, pp. 230-233 , korrigierte ISBN 3-529-02640-9