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A World

In the early 1890s Maximilian Lenz worked as a designer of banknotes in Buenos Aires. In 1897, after returning home, he became one of the founding members of the Secession in Vienna, and participated several times in its exhibitions. His One World, painted in 1899, recalls the typical stylistic features,intensified color harmony, and dream like fantasy of the world of the period. The Secession's periodical Ver Sacrum featured the work in same year.

-Ferenc Tóth

Creator: Maximilian Lenz

Publisher: Muesum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas

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