Maximilian Reinitz (29 October 1872, Vienna – 25 September 1935, Vienna) was an Austrian Cubist painter; associated considering the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement.
He was born to a Hungarian-German family from Fejér County. His immersion in art came relatively late. From 1898 to 1902, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich; initially next the genre painter, Johann Caspar Herterich, then gone Johann’s brother Ludwig von Herterich, Carl von Marr and the engraver, Peter Halm.
Upon completing his studies, he traveled throughout the region; visiting Budapest, Dresden and Berlin. He afterward undertook chemical analysis trips to Italy and Albania. After 1914, he returned to Vienna and became a believer of the Hagenbund.
Although he was primarily a Cubist painter, he supported most of the innovative trends in European art. His showing at the Frühlings-Ausstellung (Spring Exhibition) of 1922 aroused such a torrent of negative reviews from conservative critics that he withdrew from the art community.
He was apparently riddled subsequently self-doubt and suffered periods of severe depression. Although he was married twice and had two children, much of his sparkle was spent in seclusion and little is known virtually him or his activities, outside of his showings. His works were rediscovered many years after his death.
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