Max Rosenthal
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Max Rosenthal | |
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Born | |
Died | August 8, 1918 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 84)
Known for | Portraits and etchings |
Spouse | Carolina |
Children | 3, including Albert |
Signature | |
Max Rosenthal (November 23, 1833 – August 8, 1918) was a
Early life
Max Rosenthal was born on November 23, 1833, in Turek, Congress Poland to Jewish parents Esther Kolsky and Wolf Rosenthal.[1][2] He studied in Berlin under Professor Carl Harnisch.[1][2] In 1847 he went to Paris, where he studied lithography, drawing, and painting with Martin Thurwanger, with whom he came to Philadelphia in 1849, and completed his studies.[1][2]
Career
Rosenthal made the
He designed and executed the illustrations for various works, and during the Civil War followed the Army of the Potomac,[3] and drew every camp, up to the Battle of Gettysburg.[citation needed] He made illustrations for the U.S. Military Commission.[2] These drawings he reproduced at the time. Up to 1884 he did miscellaneous works, including about 200 lithographs of distinguished Americans.[citation needed]
After 1884 he turned his attention to etching, and executed over 150 portraits of eminent Americans and British officers, together with numerous large plates, among which are:
- "Storm Approaches," after the painting by Henry Mosler
- illustrations for several of Longfellow's poems
- "Doris, the Shepherd's Maiden"
- "Marguerite"
He also painted, including a version of Longfellow's Building of the Ship, Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi and Jesus at Prayer.[2]
He was the founder of the
Personal life
Rosenthal married Carolina.[2] Together, they had two sons and one daughter.[3] One of his sons, Albert Rosenthal, was also a lithographer and etcher.[4]
Death
Rosenthal died on August 8, 1918, at his home in Philadelphia.[1]
Awards
In 1854, Rosenthal received a silver medal in Applied Science in the Graphic Arts from the Franklin Institute relating to his work with chromolithography.[1][2][3]
Prior to his death, he received a fellowship in the Royal Academy of Arts.[3]
Notes
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- ^ "Albert Rosenthal, Portrait Painter". The New York Times. December 21, 1939. p. 23. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- Jackson, Joseph (1935). "Rosenthal, Max". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.