(1896 in Lwiw — 1985 in Sydney)

Maximilian Feuerring studied painting in Florence and Rome. In 1926 he gained his habilitation and went to Paris. He worked as an artist, art critic, and professor in various European countries and taught in Warsaw from 1934 onward. On September 1, 1939, he was drafted into the Polish army as first lieutenant. After being captured by the Germans he was sent to the Polish officers’ prison camp Oflag VII-A in Murnau am Staffelsee in December 1939. As in other German prisoner-of-war camps, internees of Jewish extraction—including Feuerring—were housed in so-called camp ghettos, separated from the other prisoners at times.

After liberation, Feuerring was appointed professor at the UNRRA University. He organized the “Exhibition of Displaced Persons” with works by 71 DP artists in 1947. He ultimately showed 74 of his own works which had been created during his time as a prisoner of war and as a DP in Munich at the “Exhibition of Jewish Artists” in 1948.

Feuerring emigrated to Sydney in 1950 and gave his works to the National Gallery of Australia, the Sydney Jewish Museum, and the Yad Vashem Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, among others.

More about Maximilian Feuerring in the Story “Lenbachhaus 1948: Exhibition of Jewish Artists”