SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Maximilian Klein von Diepold was a German landscape and animal painter associated with the Düsseldorf School. He depicted several regions, from the coasts of northern Germany to the Westerwald, with a documented preference for the Eifel. This particular prominence is reflected, among other works, in a painting entitled Eifellandschaft mit Nürburg und Quiddelbach, described in an auction catalogue as a signed oil on canvas measuring 60.2 × 80.3 cm. Animals also appear in the recorded works: an on-panel portrait of a fox terrier, a scene of black grouse fighting, and a winter landscape with a fox in the snow are described in auction catalogues.
He grew up in Düsseldorf, where his father gave him his first painting lessons. His family was connected with several areas of the arts: his father, Friedrich Emil Klein, was a painter; his mother, Friederika Wilhelmina Ada von Diepold, was a poet; and his brothers Leo and Julian were painters, while Rudolf Klein-Diepold wrote about art. From 1889, he studied painting at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts, where Heinrich Lauenstein taught, and then continued his training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
In 1926, he founded the Künstlerbund Norderney with Poppe Folkerts, Paul Ernst Wilke, August Heitmüller, his brother Julian, and other participants. Another recorded work, Ansicht einer italienischen Stadt, is described as a signed oil on canvas measuring 45.5 × 60 cm.
This profile brings together identity references for Maximilian Klein von Diepold and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
2 references are documented at Schuler. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Ansicht einer italienischen Stadt
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2024-03-14
Published result : 300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Oil on canvas
Röhrender Hirsch
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2022-06-20
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 500–700
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
