May, Matthias#

b. Cologne (Germany), June 5, 1884, d. Linz, July 28, 1923, painter and graphic artist. Trained at the Academy of Munich (student of W. von Dietz and A. Jank), 1914 married P. Pillesmueller, a painter from Linz, and continued to live in Linz, where he founded the group "Der Ring" and in 1920 a school of art which strongly influenced the development of modern painting in Upper Austria. His paintings remain characterized by elements of impressionism but also show expressionist tendencies, particularly in his use of colour.

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