Lovis Corinth
Portrait of Max Halbe
1917
Oil on canvas
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie
The now almost forgotten author Max Halbe (1865–1944) is classified as a naturalist. He was still unknown when his drama “Jugend” (Youth) premiered on April 23, 1893, to sensational success. However, his subsequent stage works were unable to build on this success.