‘After his school years in Würzburg, 1884-1890 studied at the Munich Academy under J. Herterich and W. von Diez. 1889 Semester at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he studied French Impressionism. 1890 Trip to Italy. 1890-97 Slevogt lived in Munich, where he took part in the first exhibition of the ‘Munich Secession’ in 1893 and worked on ‘Jugend’ and ‘Simplicissimus’. W. Leibl and Trübner influenced his work. After his stay in Frankfurt a. M., Slevogt moved to Berlin in 1901, where he took part in the ‘Secession’ exhibition in the spring of 1902. Travelled to Egypt in 1914. He then spent most of his time at his country estate in Neukastel in the Palatinate. 1917 Master studio at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. Alongside L. Corinth and M. Liebermann, Slevogt was one of the most important painters of German Impressionism. He had also established himself as a graphic artist with illustrations for ‘Ali Baba’ and ‘Faust’.’
[from: Wöhrer, Claudia (ed.): Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts. Inventory Catalogue of the Austrian Gallery of the 19th Century, Vol. 4: S-Z, published by the Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna 2000, p. 123]