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'''Maximillian (Max) Margius Fernekes''' (July 7, 1905{{snd}}November 28, 1984) 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> | '''Maximillian (Max) Margius Fernekes''' (July 7, 1905{{snd}}November 28, 1984) 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> | ||
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== 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" /> | ||