SYCLICIAN LANDSCAPE, ca. 1920-21 Oil, duplicated canvas; 52.6 x 75.3 cm Signed l. d.: M Neumann Asking price 2800 Estimate 4000 - 4500 Max NEUMANN 1885 Königsberg - 1973 Hamburg Painter and graphic artist - illustrator. He was a member of the Berlin Secession. He studied from 1904 to 1907 at the Königsberg Academy with Ludwig Dettmann and with Otto Heichert. He also studied in Belgium with Jacob Smits and in Italy. He took part in the First World War. After the war he worked as an illustrator. He traveled to Italy, France and Spain. In 1927 and 1930 he received the Dürer Prize and the prize of the German Artists' Association; in 1928. - prize of the Prussian Academy of Arts. From 1929 to 1930 he stayed at the German Academy at Villa Massimo in Rome, and from1933 to 1934 at Villa Romana in Florence. He was a member of the Berlin Artists' Association. He also received an award from the Prussian Academy of Arts (1935/36). From 1937 to 1945 he was a member of the atelier on Klosterstraße in Berlin. In 1937 he was declared a "degenerate artist" by the fascist regime. - 7 of his works were confiscated.