Artist

Maximilian Rainer Facklam

German, born Dusseldorf, Germany 1960
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Also known as
  • Rainer Facklam
Born
Dusseldorf, Germany
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Biography

Rainer Facklam studied at Düsseldorf's Kunstakademie, where he was recognized as a meisterschuler, or "master pupil," in 1990. His beautifully crafted chests and travel cases recall the luxurious designs of French cabinetmakers in the 1930s, but his work also comments on the new "moneyed class" of today. American artist Red Grooms, who is no stranger to the whimsical and offbeat, has called Facklam the "Jean Cocteau of furniture design . . . elegant, witty and bizarre."

Works by this artist (1 item)

Victor Perelli, Fishing Station, Long Island Sound, ca. 1939-1943, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the White House through the General Services Administration, 1976.142.1
Fishing Station, Long Island Sound
Artist
Dateca. 1939-1943
oil on canvas
Not on view