The Mood Room · Max Kaus
Max Kaus Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Max Kaus
The Life and Art of Max Kaus Max Kaus was a German painter, printmaker, graphic artist, and lithographer. Born in Berlin, Germany, his early training took place at the Study Institute of the Decorative Arts Museum in Berlin between 1908 and 1913. During the First World War, he served as a medical orderly and ambulance driver in western Flanders. It was during this time in Ostend that he learned to make lithograph prints, utilizing a pr
inting press constructed from timber recovered from a destroyed railway station. Upon returning to Berlin in 1918, he acquired his own lithography equipment, which became a foundation for much of his subsequent artistic output. His career saw significant shifts in subject matter and style. While he was widely recognized for his landscape works—drawing inspiration from travels within Germany, Austria, and northern Italy—he also worked…
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