
Max Ackermann painting at an easel on Lake Constance. Photo: private
1887 | born in Berlin |
1906-07 | student of Henry van de Velde and at the arts and crafts seminar in Weimar |
1908-09 | Studies at the Dresden Academy of Art with Richard Müller |
1909 | Studies at the Munich Art Academy with Franz von Stuck |
1912 | Moves to Stuttgart; studies at the Stuttgart Art Academy with Richard Pötzelberger; meets Adolf Hölzel and studies his theories |
1921 | Establishment of a "training workshop for new art" in Stuttgart |
1924 | first solo exhibition at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart |
1936 | ban on teaching, moves to the Höri peninsula; creative inspiration from the Lake Constance landscape |
1948 | Exhibition in Paris at the "3ème Salon des Réalités Nouvelles" |
1950 | Ströher Prize for non-objective art |
1953 | Seminar on painting and architecture with Hugo Häring and Kurt Leonhard |
1956 | Solo exhibition at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart |
1957 | Honorary award of the title of professor; return to Stuttgart |
1964 | Guest of honor at the Villa Massimo, Rome |
1975 | Died in Unterlengenhardt/Bad Liebenzell |