Max Picard

Max Picard (June 5, 1888 in Schopfheim – October 3, 1965 in Sorengo, Switzerland) was a Swiss writer, important as one of the few thinkers writing from a deeply Platonic sensibility in the 20th century.

Selected books

(Most never published in English or out of print):

• 1917 Expressionist Folk Painting
• 1919 The Last Man
• 1930 The Human Face
• 1934 The Flight From God
• 1947 Hitler in Our Selves
• 1954 The Atomization of Modern Art
• 1952 The World of Silence

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Name	Picard, Max
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Date of birth	June 5, 1888
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Date of death	October 3, 1965
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