The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Max, Gabriel
(gä´brl mäks) (KEY) , 18401915, German painter and illustrator, b. Prague; son and pupil of the sculptor Josef Max (180354). A student of psychology and anthropology, Gabriel Max is best known as a painter of mystical subjects. Characteristic of his ethereal style is The Last Token (Metropolitan Mus.).