Gabriel C R Max (1840–1915)

Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max, was a Prague born Austrian painter.He was  the son of the sculptor Josef Max and Anna Schumann. Gabriel studied between 1855 and 1858 at the Prague Academy of Arts with Eduard von Engerth.

His studies included parapsychology (somnambulism, hypnotism, spiritism), Darwinism, Asiatic philosophy, the ideas of Schopenhauer, and various mystical traditions. The spiritual-mystical movement was emphasized by the writings of Carl du Prel, and the Munich painter Albert Keller was also an influence.