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Max Liebermann (July 20 1847 in Berlin - February
8 1935) was a Germany|German painter. From 1884 on
he worked most in Berlin.

He painted scenes of the people in the country,
his life and his work. Later on together with
Lovis Corinth, and Max Slevogt he became an
exponent of the Impressionism|German
Impressionism. Liebermann collected paintings of
French Impressionists. He later chose scenes of
the bourgeoisie as motives of his paintings as
well as his garden close to the lake Wannsee. In
Berlin he became a famous painter of portraits. 

From 1899 to 1911 he presided the Berliner
Secession. From 1920 on he was president of the
Prussia|Prussian academy of arts. In 1933 he
resigned after he was forbidden to paint because
he was Jewish and the academy decided not to
exhibit paintings of Jews any longer. Liebermann
is known for his comment while he saw the Nazis
marching through the Brandenburg Gate celebrating
the takeover of Adolf Hitler: "One cannot eat as
much as one would like to vomit."

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