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SelfPortrait
Presented by Lord Marks 1935
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<p>Liebermann painted self portraits throughout his life. Along with Lovis Corinth and Max Beckmann, Liebermann's devotion to self-portraiture produced many moving and acute testimonies to artistic self-examination. Liebermann frequently portrayed himself before the easel or in the studio, smartly dressed and in the act of painting. This picture is Liebermann's final self portrait, completed when he was 88, a year before his death. His gaze appears resigned and the mood of the painting subdued. The previous year, after the accession to power of the National Socialists, Liebermann had been summarily relieved of the presidentship of the Prussian Academy and his numerous other honours because he was Jewish.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
14 September 2003 – 23 May 2004
2004-05-23
14 September 2003 – 29 February 2004
2004-02-29
2003-09-14
Kunsthalle Würth (Schwäbisch Hall, Germany)
http://www.wuerth.com
14 March 2004 – 23 May 2004
2004-05-23
2004-03-14
Von der Heydt Museum (Wuppertal, Germany)
2003-09-14
Max Liebermann
Loan-out
11 June 2004 – 26 September 2004
2004-09-26
11 June 2004 – 26 September 2004
2004-09-26
2004-06-11
Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg, Germany)
http://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
2004-06-11
Liebermann's Garden
Loan-out
15 September 2005 – 30 July 2006
2006-07-30
15 September 2005 – 29 January 2006
2006-01-29
2005-09-15
Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, USA)
3 March 2006 – 30 July 2006
2006-07-30
2006-03-03
Jewish Museum (New York, USA)
2005-09-15
Max Liebermann: From Realism to Impressionism
Loan-out
21 April 2011 – 19 February 2012
2012-02-19
21 April 2011 – 18 September 2011
2011-09-18
2011-04-21
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Bonn, Germany)
http://www.kah-bonn.de/
14 October 2011 – 19 February 2012
2012-02-19
2011-10-14
Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg, Germany)
http://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
2011-04-21
Max Liebermann and Modern Art
Loan-out
28 February 2026 – 7 June 2026
2026-06-07
28 February 2026 – 7 June 2026
2026-06-07
2026-02-28
Museum Barberini (Potsdam, Germany)
2026-02-28
Impressionism in Germany: Max Liebermann and His Times
Loan-out
Self-Portrait
support: 921 × 733 mm
frame: 1140 × 955 × 113 mm
Presented by Lord Marks 1935
<p>Liebermann painted self <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> throughout his life. Along with Lovis Corinth and Max Beckmann, Liebermann's devotion to self-portraiture produced many moving and acute testimonies to artistic self-examination. Liebermann frequently portrayed himself before the easel or in the studio, smartly dressed and in the act of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>. This picture is Liebermann's final self portrait, completed when he was 88, a year before his death. His gaze appears resigned and the mood of the painting subdued. The previous year, after the accession to power of the National Socialists, Liebermann had been summarily relieved of the presidentship of the Prussian <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/academy" title="Glossary definition for 'Academy'"><span>Academy</span></a> and his numerous other honours because he was Jewish.</p>
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<p><b>Max Liebermann</b><span> 1847-1935 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/liebermann-self-portrait-n04779" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04779</span></a> </span><b>Self-Portrait</b><span>
1934 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed 'M Liebermann' b.r.</span>
<br/><span>Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 28 7/8 (92 x 73.5)</span>
<br/><span>Presented by Lord Marks 1935</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
Lord Marks, London (purchased from the artist through the Leicester Galleries, London, 1935)</span>
<br/><i>Exh:</i><span>
</span><i>Max Liebermann</i><span>, Leicester Galleries, London, December 1934 (55, repr.); </span><i>Max Liebermann 1847-1935, Isidor Kaufmann 1853-1921, Lesser Ury 1862-1931</i><span> ..., Ben Uri Art Gallery, London, November 1968 (2); </span><i>Germany in Ferment</i><span>, Dunelm House, Durham, October-November 1970 (2); Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, November-December 1970 (2); Leicester Art Gallery, December 1970 (2)</span>
<br/><i>Lit:</i><span>
Ferdinand Stuttmann, </span><i>Max Liebermann</i><span> (Hanover 1961), p.45, repr. pl.79</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
</span><i>Weltkunst</i><span>, XXIII, 1 September 1953, p.6; Günter Meissner, </span><i>Max Liebermann</i><span> (Vienna and Munich 1974), pl.29 in colour </span>
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<p><span>Liebermann's last self-<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a>, painted in his 88th year. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.441, reproduced p.441</span>
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2004-09-15T00:00:00
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