Brief Biography-Max Liebermann was the son of a Jewish banker in Berlin. In 1868, he began art studies in Weimar after studying Law in Berlin. Between 1869 and 1877, he studied in Paris and Holland. Liebermann served with the Order of Saint John during wartime before settling back in Berlin in 1884. He mainly painted portraits and received numerous commissions from notable clientele. Liebermann worked in the impressionist style, and close to Manet, the Prussian Academy of Arts elected him as a member in 1897. He became the first president of the Berlin Secession group a year later. In 1920, he was President of the Prussian Academy of Arts until 1933, when the Nazi regime prohibited the work of Jewish artists. Nevertheless, his garden at Wannsee inspired several of his works. He died in the Pariser Platz in 1935. One of his many close associates in the Secession was Lovis Corint.