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MAX, GABRIEL, born in Prague, Aug. 25, 1840. History and genre painter, son of the sculptor, Josef Max, pupil of Prague Academy under Engerth in 1854-58, then for three years of Vienna Academy under Blaas, finally in Munich of Piloty, 1863-67. First exhibited in 1867, and has since acquired a steadily increasing fame. Honorary member of Munich Academy. Professor in 1879-83. Gold medals in Berlin and Munich. Works: Richard Cœur de Lion beside his Father's Body (1858); Madonna (1863); Martyrdom of St. Ludmilla (1866), Mrs. W. P. Wilstach, Philadelphia; St. Julia Crucified (1865); Adagio; Margaretha (1868); The Nun (1869), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Anatomist (1869); Mephistopheles in Faust's Clothes (1870); Spring Legend; Convent Garden; Orphan and Sister of Charity; Nydia, Last Token (1874), Miss C. L. Wolfe, New York; Madonna; Daughter of Jairus (1875), G. A. Drummond, Baltimore; Christ on the Cross; Head of Christ; The Pianist; Autumn Dance; Subhastation; Infanticide (1878); Marguerite before Mater Dolorosa; Marguerite in Prison; Walpurgis-Night Vision; Ahasuerus beside the Corpse of a Child; Venus and Tannhäuser; Hostess' Daughter; Lion's Bride; Blind Lamp Seller in the Catacombs; Juliet Capulet; Spirit's Greeting (1879), John T. Martin, Brooklyn; Zuleika, (1880); Secret; Young Tannhäuser, Maria Regina (1881); Maid of Orléans at the Stake, It is done (1882); Beggar Woman on Via Appia (1883); Conversion, Vivisector, SS. Ludmilla and Elizabeth, Homeless, Lord forgive them (1884); Christ healing a Child (1884), National Gallery, Berlin; Mignon (1884); Mother and Child, Lady Macbeth (1885); Katharina Emmerich (1885), New Pinakothek, Munich; Astarte (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886); Cupid's Whisper, D. O. Mills, New York; Watching the Butterfly, G. I. Seney sale, ib.; Dorothea, W. Richmond, Providence; Head Study, H. B. Hurlbut, Cleveland; Maternal Happiness, Head Study, H. L. Dousman, St. Louis; Faust and Marguerite, S. A. Coale, St Louis.—Allgem. K. C., viii. 606; ix. 267; Art Journal (1881), 173; Graph. K., ii. 92; Kunst-Chronik, iii. 136; vi. 7; xvii. 449; xviii. 384; xix. 11, 183, 287, 659; xx. 125, 464, 671; xxi. 45; Kunst für Alle, i. 98, 183; Illustr. Zeitg. (1874), ii. 9, 15; (1876), i. 51; (1877), i. 273; (1882), i. 107; Jordan (1885), ii. 145; N. illustr. Zeitg. (1882), i. 63; Pecht, iii. 229; Nord und Süd, xxiv. 374; Leixner, Mod. K., i. 103; ii. 4; Land und Meer (1874), i. 76; Wurzbach, xvii. 165; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xiv. 325, 351, 375; xvi. 304; x. (Mittheilungen, iii. 28).

MAX-EHRLER, LUISE, born at Florence; contemporary. Genre, still-life, and portrait painter; first attracted attention in the latter capacity in 1877. After having married Professor Heinrich Max, brother of Gabriel Max, she settled in Vienna, and, influenced by Hans Makart, painted still-life with success; then turned to genre. Works: Doves; Anxious Hour; Fan Painter; Vision of Joan of Arc; Domestic Scene in War-time (1884); Savings (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Illustr. Zeitg. (1885), i. 61; Kunst-Chronik, xx. 381; xxi. 266.

MAY, EDWARD HARRISON, born in England in 1824. Portrait, history, and genre painter; taken to America when a child; pupil of Daniel Huntington in New York, and of Couture in Paris in 1851. Elected an A.N.A. in 1876, but rarely exhibits. Professional life spent chiefly in Europe. Medal, 3d class, Paris, 1855. Studio in Paris. Works: Michelangelo leaving the Vatican in Anger; Columbus making his Will; Cardinal Mazarin taking leave of his Picture in the Louvre; Death of a Brigand (1855); Francis I. lamenting the Death of his Son; Portrait of M. E. Laboulaye (1866), Union Club, New York;