Max Moshe Weinberg
1928 Born in Kassel, Germany
1933 Escape to Palestine, Israel
1959 Return to Germany
1959-2018 Lived and worked in Frankfurt, Germany
2018 Died in Frankfurt, Germany
2019 Max Weinberg Gallery is open in his memory in Frankfurt, Germany
Max Moshe Weinberg (1928-2018) was a German Jewish painter, graphic designerr and sculptor. He was one of the most significant artists of the City of Frankfurt and the State of Hessen. Well-known for the extra-terrestrial creatures which crowded his paintings, his trademark colour pink and his unique personality, his dead left a huge vacuum in the culture scene of “Mainhattan”…
Education
1954 -1958 State Academy for Culture and Art, Tel Aviv: Studies with Professor Mokady, Stimatzky and
Streichmann
1961-1963 Städelschule, State College for visual Arts, Frankfurt: Drawing studies with Professor Walter
Hergenhahn.
Awards and Grants
1987 The International Senefelder Foundation Award for Lithography, Offenbach, Germany
1993 The Print graphic Award 1993 of the International Southwest LB, Germany
1994 The Walter Schadt Award, Germany
2018 The Goetheplakette (Posthum) of the State of Frankfurt, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
1970 Museum for Ethnology “Malerei, Zeichnungen und Lithografien” (Paintings, Drawings and
Lithography), Munich, Germany
1971 Gallery Vonderbank “Lithographien” (Lithography), Frankfurt, Germany
1973 Gallery Bookshop in Rue de la Seine “Lithographien” (Lithography), Paris, France
1974 Gallery Legge “Lithographien” (Lithography), Marburg, Germany
1980 Congress hall “Malerei und Zeichnungen” (Paintings and Drawings), Giessen, Germany
1982 Private Exhibition for Adam Seida (Art’s critic), Frankfurt, Germany
1985 Municipal Gallery Canvas House “Malerei und Zeichnungen” (Paintings and Drawings), Frankfurt,
Germany
1987 The International Senefelder Foundation Award for Lithography, Offenbach, Germany
1988 Museum for Foreign Relations (Jewish) – Riga, Latvia
1989 Country Representation of Essen, Bonn, Germany
1991 BBK – Essen “Landesausstellung `9” (National Exhibition ´91), Kassel and Frankfurt, Germany
1993 The LB Southwest International Award for Print graphic, Stuttgard and Mannheim, Germany
Publication of a Catalogue
1994 Gallery Schamretta “The Walter Schadt Award”, Frankfurt, Germany
1995 Municipal Gallery Canvas House, Frankfurt, Germany
1996 Gallery Klonk-Tatort, “40 Erotische Variationen über das Gothelied” (40 Erotik variations of the
Song of Salomon), Frankfurt, Germany
1997 Sculpture in Park, Oberursel, Germany
2003 Art Association Artlantis, Bad Homburg, Germany
2004 House of the Union Youth, Oberursel, Germany
2004 Kroch-House, Custody, Art Collection “Megafett”, Leipzig, Germany
2004 Gallery U7 “Kunst mit Max Weinberg” (Art with Max Weinberg), Frankfurt, Germany
2005 Contemporary Art at Meix Roblin, Burgundy, France
2006 PDVSA Centro de Arte la Estancia (PDVSA, Venezuelan Oil Company), Caracas, Venezuela
2007 IMA, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Culture barn “Max Weinberg”, Schöneck,Kilian Städten, Germany
Opening from the Mayor Ludger Stüve
2008 Platform Sarai “Max Weinberg 80 works on paper”, Frankfurt, Germany
2008 Gallery Hosenstall, Hamburg, Germany
2008 Museum for Modern Art “Atelier Tour for Udo Kittelmann”, Frankfurt, Germany
2008 Exhibition Hall 1A Sachsenhausen “Spielraum der Phantasie. Retrospektive zum 80.
Geburstag “ (Playground for the imagination. Retrospective for the 80th Birthday”, Frankfurt,
Germany
Under the Patronage of the Ministry of Culture of Frankfurt and the Jewish Museum of
Frankfurt.
Supported by the City of Frankfurt, The Foundation “Art Fund”, the Jewish Community of Frankfurt,
the Josef Buchmann Real Estate Company, the “Foundation Memory Lindau”, the Frankfurter
Sparkasse, the B`Nai Brith.
Publication of a Catalogue
2009 Showroom Eulengasse “Max Weinberg – kleine Arbeiten aus der großen Stadt – Malerei/
Mischtechnik” (Max Weinberg – small Works from the big City – Paintings, Mixed Techniques),
Frankfurt, Germany
2010 Gallery Wagner “Max Weinberg”, Offenbach am Main, Germany
2010 Municipal Atelier House “Eklektiker – Atelierfest in der Ostparkstrasse 47-49” (Eclectic– Atelier
party in Ostparkstrasse 47-49), Frankfurt, Germany
2011 Gallery Golkan, Project Room at the Cure Park “Ludwig van Beethoven”, Bonn, Germany
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of Frankfurt, the Law Firm Tunkl and Partner in Bonn
2012 Gallery Art by Gora “Überirdisch, Malerei udn Zeichnungen” (Extra-terrestial, Paintings and
Drawings), Frankfurt, Germany
2012 Atelier Max Weinberg “Frankfurter Ateliertage 2012” (Atelier Open Day Frankfurt 2012), Frankfurt,
Germany
2013 Neozoongallery “Überirdisch“ (Extra terrestrial), Wiesbaden, Germany
2015 Art Association Offenbach “Kunst im komm – Max Weinberg” (Art to come – Max Weinberg),
Offenbach am Main, Germany
Supported by the Ministry of Science and Art of Hessen, the Cultural City Office of
Offenbach am Main, the Bank for Science and Infrastructure of Hessen, the Konrad Häggle art-
design Studio, the Science Promotion Office, Offenbach am Main.
2016 Denkbar “Max Weinberg – der Blick dahinter” (Max Weinberg – the Look behind), Presentation and
Information on the Documentary, Frankfurt, Germany
2016 Switch Hall of the Ministry of Science and Art of Wiesbaden “Überirdisch”- Ausstellung Aktueller
Arbeiten anlässlich des 88. Geburtstag von Max Weinberg (Extra terrestrial” Exhibition of Current
Works in occasion of the 88th Birthday of Max Weinberg
Under the Patronage of Boris Rhein, Minister for Science and Art of Hessen, Wiesbaden, Germany
Publication of a Catalogue
2017 State Gallery “Pretties in Pink” Bad Soden, Germany
2017 Underground Galerie “Max Weinberg”, Neu Isenburg, Germany
2017-2018 Lo Studio Büdingen “Max Weinberg”, Büdingen, Germany
Under the Patronage of the Magistrate of the State of Büdingen.
Birthday Party with Fireworks for the 90th Birthday
2018 Main Triangle, Chief Financial Directorate “Max Weinberg: Monumente und Meilensteine eines
Künstlerlebens” (Max Weinberg: Monuments and Milestones of the life of an Artist), Frankfurt,
Germany
Under the Patronage of Jürgen Roßbeg, Chief Financial Officer
Selected Group Exhibitions
1959 Artist House (Beit Hemlin) The Israel Painters & Sculptors Association “Exhibition Young
Artists” – Tel Aviv/ Israel
1965 “Lithography”, Frankfurt, Germany
1970 Frankfurt Art Association “Paintings”, Frankfurt, Germany
1972 Bodega Picasso “Lithography”, Barcelona, Spain
1974 Gallery Christa Möring “Lithography”, Wiesbaden, Germany
1974 Frankfurt Art Association “Paintings”, Frankfurt, Germany
1979 Church of St. Paul “Künstler in Hessen” (Artists in Essen), Frankfurt, Germany
1980 Church of St. Paul “Internationalen Malerei und Zeichnungen” (International Paintings and
Drawings), Frankfurt, Germany
1982 Congress Hall Tel Aviv “Frankfurter Künstler und Malerei” (Frankfurt Artists and Paintings), Tel Aviv,
Israel
1982 BBK Hessen “Krieg &Frieden” (War and Peace)”, Kassel and Frankfurt, Germany
Publication of a Catalogue
1984 “Künstler in Hessen stellen in Eriwan, Sowjetunion aus” (Artists in Hessen- Made in Yerevan, Soviet
Union out”, Frankfurt, Germany
1999 German Chamber of Commerce of Frankfurt “Zweihundert Jahre Goethe” (Two Hundred Years
Goethe”, Frankfurt, Germany
2000 Sapporo International Print Biennale Exhibition, Sapporo, Japan
Publication of a Catalogue
2000 “Skulpturen zur Expo 2000. 99 Standpunkte” (Sculptures to Expo 2000. 99 Standpoints”, Hannover,
Germany
2002 Berliner Art Project “Augen – Blick” (Eyes – Look), Berlin, Germany
2002 “Scultpures in Park”, Buchet Eifel, Germany
2003 Zauberberg, Kelkheim, Germany
2003 Monastery Press, Frankfurt, Germany
2004 International Fair “19 Show of Spring 2000” at the Lätzebuerger Artists Center, Kirchberg,
Luxemburg
Publication of a Catalogue
2004 Art Association Family Montez “Künstler für Kinderrechte” (Art for Kinder Rights), Frankfurt,
Germany
2004 DGB House, Bad Homburg, Germany
2006 Nunu-Kunst Haus, “Gruppenausstellung” (Group Exhibition), Sachsenhausen ,Frankfurt, Germany
2007 State Museum of St. Petersburg “Künstlerhaus Weinberg und Co.” (Art House Weinberg & Co.),
St. Petersburg, Russia
Supported by the Ministry of Science and Art of Hessen, the Ministry of Culture of Frankfurt, the
German Federal Foreign Office, the Jewish Community of Frankfurt, the Josef Buchmann
Real Estate company, Michael Kroll, B`Nai Brith
Publication of a Catalogue
2007 Ward Nasse Gallery “Paintings Made in Frankfurt am Main – Max Weinberg with Costa
Bernstein”, New York, USA
2007 Jewish Culture Week in the Jewish Community Center, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Zauberberg “Erotik in der Kunst” (Erotism in Art), Kelkheim, Germany
2009 House of the History of the City “Gegenwelten” (Opposite worlds), Max Weinberg with Costa
Bernstein and Martin Hakan Weigl, Offenbach am Main, Germany.
2009 Haussenstamm-Gallery, Museum shore Frankfurt, “Hot or not” Max Weinberg with Costa
Bernstein, Frankfurt, Germany
2010 Municipal Atelier Haus “Eklektik-Atelierfest in der Ostparkstraße 47-49” (Eclectic– Atelierfest in
Ostparkstrasse 47-49), Frankfurt, Germany
2010 Gallus Theater “Kunst + Theater” (Art+Theatre) – Frankfurt am Main
2011 Raum für Kunst, “Double Trouble”, with Jordan K. Artmaster, Frankfurt, Germany
2013 Kunst Werk Ost, “Movimet”, Frankfurt, Germany
2014 Schwalbe 54 “Double Trouble”, Max Weinberg, Jordan K. Artmaster, Frankfurt, Germany
2014 Kaiser & Cream Art District “Kunst: Überirdisch” (Art: Extra-terrestrial), Max Weinberg with Jordan
- Artmaster, Wiesbaden, Germany
2014 Gallery Ira Kitzk “Drei Welten Kunst” (Three Worlds of Art) Max Weinberg, Shagané Nersesian,
Niklas Fiedler, Frankfurt, Germany
2014 Gallery Liberamente “O-face”, Max Weinberg with Jordan K. Artmaster, Königstein, Germany
2014 Art Association Familie Montez “Die Neugier der Kinder zu entdecken, mit erwachsener Disziplin”
(The Curiosity of the Children to discover with adult Discipline), Max Weinberg with Elizabeth
Dorazio, Frankfurt, Germany
2015 Atelier Correia “Für eure blaue Tapeten” (For your blue carpets), Frankfurt, Germany
2016 KW46, “Klange, Kunst, Kultur” (Sound, Art, Culture)”, Bad Nauheim, Germany
2017 Art Association Bad Nauheim “Hinter Spiegeln” (Behind the Mirror), Max Weinberg, Bertram
Schüler, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Under the Patronage of the Magistrate of the State Bad Nauheim, Germany
Travelling Exhibition “Die Vernichtung der Juden – eine Auseinandersetzung” (The Destruction
of the Jews – a Confrontation), in collaboration with Barbara Greul Aschanta
1987 Börne Platz “Stationen des Vergessens eine Stellungnahe zum Börneplatzkonflikt” (Stations of the
Forgotten, a close to position of the Conflict of the Börne Place), Frankfurt, Germany
1990 Succession of the Church of Christ, Bonn, Germany
1990 Art Association, Bad Hersfeld, Germany
1990 Samaritann Church, Berlin, Germany
1990-1991 Memorial Buchenwald, Weimar, Germany
1991 Cross Church, Dresden, Germany
1992 Art Hall, Siegen, Germany
1995 Mahn and Memorial, Düsseldorf, Germany
1995-1996 Börne Gallery in the Museum of the Judengasse – Frankfurt
Adress: Georg Heuberger, Jewish Museum/Dr. Klaus Klemp, Ministry for
Science and Art / Dr. Annette Baumeister, State Museum Düsseldorf
Publication of a Catalogue
1997 Evangelic Church, City Aachen, Germany
1998 The New Town Hall, Leipzig, Germany
2001 State Theatre, Darmstadt, Germany
2002 Ésch Theatre Gallery, Ésch, Luxemburg
Under the Patronage of the Ministry of Culture, Higher Education and Research of Luxemburg
Supported by the Jewish Community of Ésch-sur-Alzette, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany,
Heinrich Böll Foundation Berlin, Ministry for Science and Art of Frankfurt, Jewish Community of
Frankfurt, Sparkassen and Giroverband Berlin.
2005 Hessen Ministry for Science and Art, Wiesbaden, Germany
Under the Patronage of Udo Corts, Hessen Minister for Science and Art
2007 Museum Old Town Hall, Langen, Germany
2008 Sankt-Martins-Church, Kassel, Germany
Introduction: Dr. Eva Schulz-Jander, Chairman of the Society for Christian-Jewish Collaboration of
Kassel
Address of Ester Hass, Chairman of the Jewish Community of Kassel and Mayor Thomas-Erik Junge.