Max Bohm
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Max Bohm was an American artist born in Cleveland but he spent much of his time in Europe.
. Bohm studied at the Académie Julian
in Paris and travelled in Europe. He taught painting at a school in London until 1911 before returning to join the school of artists in Cape Cod. Bohm became a National Academician in 1920.
Bohm died in Provincetown a town at the tip of Cape Cod
. Bohm's paintings are part of the Smithsonian Institution
, the National Gallery of Art
, the Luxenbourg Gallery in Paris and there is a mural in his home town at the Cuyahoga County Courthouse
.
Bohm is grandfather of artist Anne Packard.
Biography
Bohm was born in Cleveland, OhioCleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. Bohm studied at the Académie Julian
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, but offered...
in Paris and travelled in Europe. He taught painting at a school in London until 1911 before returning to join the school of artists in Cape Cod. Bohm became a National Academician in 1920.
Bohm died in Provincetown a town at the tip of Cape Cod
Cape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
. Bohm's paintings are part of the Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...
, the National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden is a national art museum, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, in Washington, DC...
, the Luxenbourg Gallery in Paris and there is a mural in his home town at the Cuyahoga County Courthouse
Cuyahoga County Courthouse
The Cuyahoga County Courthouse stretches along Lakeside Boulevard at the north end of the Cleveland Mall in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The building was listed on the National Register along with the mall district in 1975. Other notable buildings of the Group Plan are the Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S...
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Bohm is grandfather of artist Anne Packard.