Beyond Painting: Max Liebermann between Strategy and Cultural Politics

Liebermann was not only a highly successful artist, he also occupied a central position in the art and culture scene over the years as president of the Berlin Secession and later as president of the Prussian Academy of Arts. But how did he become what he was? In which networks did he move? What difficulties did he face and how did he deal with them? Liebermann's path within a complex structure of power structures, times of political upheaval and the sometimes incompatible ideals of the art world is an exciting part of the history of modern art behind and beyond his painting.

Evelyn Wöldicke has been director of the Liebermann Villa on Lake Wannsee since autumn 2024. She studied art history in Marburg, Venice and Berlin. She received her doctorate from the Freie Universität of Berlin on the topic of The Renaissance of a Forgotten Technique: Clair-obscur Woodcuts in the 18th Century. From 2011 to 2013, she was a research assistant at the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. She then worked as a freelance art historian and author, including for the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. From 2011 to 2019, she was editor of the online portal Kunst auf Papier (Art on Paper). From 2017 to 2024, she worked as an exhibition consultant for the Stiftung Brandenburger Tor

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