Dauthendey, Max (Maximilian Dauthendey) (Würzburg, 1867-1918, Java), began a career as a painter and remained highly responsive to sensuous impressions, especially of colour. He led a restless life in Germany, Sweden, London, and Paris, extending his range later to the USA, Mexico, Greece, Egypt, and the Far East. In 1914 he undertook a journey round the world, which included Arabia and New Guinea, but was interned in Java, where he died. An all-embracing Romantic and a solitary person, he published numerous volumes of verse, e.g. Ultra-Violett (1893, the title is said to indicate his own lonely obscurity), Reliquien (1899), Die ewige Hochzeit (1905), Lusamgärtlein (1909), and Die geflügelte Erde (1910). His Novellen comprise the collections Lingam (1909, republished in 1991 with postscr. by H. C. Buch), Die acht Gesichter am Biwasee (1911), and Geschichten aus den vier Winden (1915); he also wrote a novel, Raubmenschen (1911), and a number of unsuccessful plays. Other prose works include Der Geist meines Vaters (1912) and Gedankengut aus meinen Wanderjahren (1913). Published posthumously were Erlebnisse auf Java (1924) and Letzte Reise (1925).

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