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Max Liebermann[mAks lE´burmAn´´] Pronunciation Key, 1847–1935, German genre painter and etcher. He went to Paris in 1873, where he was impressed by the Barbizon painters. In Holland he was influenced by Frans Hals and Jozef IsraEls. His style, as it developed, was close to impressionism. As leader of the Berlin secession group, he was instrumental in bringing French impressionism to Germany, where younger artists were already moving toward expressionism. Liebermann depicted the life of the working classes, landscapes, and outdoor group studies. In his last year he was forbidden by the Nazis to paint. Liebermann's Ropewalk is in the Metropolitan Museum.
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