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MAX MAX, GABRIEL, born in Prague, Aug. 25, 1840. History and genre painter, son of the sculptor, Josef Max, pupil of Prague Acad- emy under En- gerth in 1854-58, then for three years of Vienna Academy under Blaas, finally in Munich of Pilot}', 18(53-07. First exhibited in 1807, and has since acquired .1 steadily increasing fame. Honorary mem- ' ber of Munich Academy. Professor in 1879- ] 8;). Gold medals in Berlin and Munich. Works: Richard Cu'ur do Lion beside his Father's Body (1858); Madonna (1803); Martyrdom of St. Ludmilla (1800), Mrs. W. I'. Wilstach, Philadelphia ; St. Julia Cruci- fied (1805) ; Adagio ; Margaretha (18(58) ; The Nun (1809), Kunsthalle, Hamburg ; A- at<>i)u>it (1809) : Mepliistophcles in Faust's Clothes (1870) ; Spring Legend ; Convent Garden ; Orphan and Sister of Charity ; Ny- ilia,Latt Token (1874), Miss 0. L. Wolfe, New York; Madonna : Daughter of Jairus (1875), ( i. A. Drummond, Baltimore ; Christ on the Cross ; Head of Christ ; The Pianist ; Au- tumn Dance ; Subhastation ; Infanticide (1878) ; Marguerite before Mater Dolorosa ; Marguerite in Prison ; Walpurgis-Xight Vi- sion; Ahasuerus beside the Corpse of a Child; Venus and Tannhiiuser ; Hostess' Daughter ; Linii'.f Bride ; Blind Lamp Seller in the Cata- combs ; Juliet Capulet ; Spirit's Greeting (1879), John T. Martin, Brooklyn ; Zuleika, (1880) ; Secret ; Young Tannhiiuser, Maria Rcgiua (1881) ; Maid of Orleans at the Stake, It is done (1882) ; Beggar Woman on Via Appia (1883) ; Conversion, Vivisec- tor, SS. Ludmilla and Elizabeth, Homeless, Lord forgive them (1884) ; Christ healing a Child (1884), National Gallery, Berlin ; Mi- gnon (1884) ; Mother and Child, Lady Mac- beth (1885); Katharina Emmerich (1885), New Pinakothek, Munich ; Astarte (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 188G) ; Cupid's Whisper, D. O. Mills, New York ; Watching the But- terfly, 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. GOG ; ix. 207 ; Art Journal (1881), 173 ; Graph. K, ii. 92 ; Kunst-Chronik, iii. 130 ; vi. 7 ; xvii. 449 ; xviii. 384 ; xix. 11, 183, 287, G59 ; xx. 125, 404, 071 ; xxi. 45 ; Kunst f iir Alle, i. 98, 183 ; Illustr. Zeitg. (1874), ii. 9, 15 ; (187G), i. 51 ; (1877), i. 273 ; (1882), i. 107 ; Jordan (1885), ii. 145 ; N. illustr. Zeitg. (1882), i. 63 ; Pecht, iii. 229 ; Nord und Siid, xxiv. 374 ; Leixner, Mod. K., i. 103; ii. 4; Land und Meer (1874), i. 70 ; Wurzbach, xvii. 1G5 ; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xiv. 325, 351, 375 ; xvi. 304 ; x. (Mit- theilungen, iii. 28). MAX-EHRLEE, LUISE, born at Flor- ence ; 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, in- fluenced by Hans Makart, painted still-life with success ; then turned to genre. Works : Doves ; Anxious Hour ; Fan Painter ; Vi- sion of Joan of Arc ; Domestic Scene in War-time (1884) ; Savings (Jubilee Exhibi- tion, Berlin, 188G). Illustr. Zeitg. (1885), i. 01 ; Kunst-Chronik, xx. 381 ; xxi. 2G6. 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 ex- hibits. 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. La- boulaye (1800), Union Club, New York; 824