Max Klinger & Europa

Max Klinger (1857-1920) is one of the most idiosyncratic artists of his time. Inspired by Wagner’s idea of the gesamtkunstwerk, the late Romanticist artist and pioneer of German Symbolism sought to overcome the division of the creative disciplines and to fuse painting, sculpture, architecture and even music into a single harmonious whole. His monumental Beethoven statue of 1902, created for the Vienna Secession exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of the composer’s death, will go on display in Bonn towards the end of the Beethoven anniversary year of 2020.