Max Nonnenbruch(1857-1922) German artist ✽ Chopin,Nocturno

Max Nonnenbruch ( in Viersen; † in München, Munich) was a famous German painter in the Art Nouveau Jugendstil Early 1900s Period. Nonnenbruch was one of the most widely exhibited and popular painters of fin de siecle Germany; his work was frequently reproduced in woodcut or photogravure and appeared in the great journals and newspapers of the day. A member of the Munich School, the name given to a group of artists who studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich during its most influential period, Nonnenbruch originally concentrated on history and genre painting, the specialty of Wilhelm Lindenshmit the Younger (1829-1895), his professor at the Academy.