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'''Maximillian (Max) Margius Fernekes''' was an American artist known for his etching and watercolors of the Wisconsin cityscapes. He has been called the Norman Rockwell of Mineral Point and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<ref name="merrill">{{cite book|last=Merrill|first=Peter C.|date=1997|title=German American Artists in Milwaukee: A bibliographical Dictionary|url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/API3UUO6QQKQPD8V|location=Madison Wisconsin|publisher=Friends of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies}}</ref><ref name="Krainik">{{Cite magazine|last=Krainik|first=Cliff|url=https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/api/collection/wmh/id/52694/download|title=The Artist Couple of Mineral Point Max and Ava Fernekes A Duet in Paint and Clay|work=Wisconsin Magazine of History|via=Wisconsin Historical Society|format=JPEG 2000|date=Summer 2018|accessdate=27 March 2023}}</ref> | |||
{{Infobox person|name=Maximillian (Max) Margius Fernekes|image=|imagesize=|alt=|caption=|birth_name=|birth_date={{birth date|1905|07|07}}|birth_place=Milwaukee, Wisconsin|death_date=1905|death_place=Lampasas, Texas|nationality=|movement=|works=|awards=|signature=}} | |||
'''Maximillian (Max) Margius Fernekes''' | |||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Max Fernekes was born to Max Fernekes Sr., a local architect who encouraged him to study engineering at Marquette University. Unfulfilled, Fernekes dropped out to become a full time artist. He first studied painting and printmaking for a year under artist Gustave Moeller.<ref name="merrill" /><ref name="Krainik" /> | Max Fernekes was born to Max Fernekes Sr., a local architect who encouraged him to study engineering at Marquette University. Unfulfilled, Fernekes dropped out to become a full time artist. He first studied painting and printmaking for a year under artist Gustave Moeller.<ref name="merrill" /><ref name="Krainik" /> | ||