Max Buri

While still engaged in his basic education, he received art lessons from the landscape painter Paul Volmar (1832-1906), in Bern.

In 1886, he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, but was dismissed on the recommendation of Professor Karl Raupp, for laziness and lack of talent.

In 1898, he returned to Switzerland, initially living in Langnau im Emmental, then settling in Brienz.

For many years, he was a devoted follower of the Munich School and only developed a truly personal style around 1900, under the influence of Ferdinand Hodler.

Although he was rescued, after a long struggle, he died from heart failure at the Hotel du Lac.