Max Band was a Lithuanian-born American artist known best for his still life, figural and landscape paintings. His work was executed in a Modernist style influenced by European Post-Impressionist and Modern artists including Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso. As a child, Band was interested in drawing and painting, and eventually went to Berlin to study at the Berlin Academy under Modern German artist Willy Jaeckel. In 1926, Band visited Paris where he saw first-hand the works of Modern masters that has a major influence on his work. In 1927, Band had his first solo exhibition in Lithuania, and in 1935 he published a book "History of Contemporary Art."

In 1940, during World War II, Band immigrated to America, and settled in Hollywood where he remained until his death in 1974. While in California, he regularly exhibited in the 1940s and 1950s at various places including: Stendahl Gallery (1941), Loa Angeles County Museum of Art (1943), and multiple times at the California Art Club. Band's work is held by the Jewish Museum, Berlin and other European public collections.