Beckmann Sketchbook 1
1899/1900
Medium
sketchbook with 165 sketches in graphite, pen and black ink, and watercolor, with 4 sheets of artist's notations
Dimensions
page size: 16.5 x 10.8 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.64.1-165
About the Artist
Max Beckmann
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (1884-1950) stands as one of the most significant German painters of the twentieth century, a complex artist who bridged Expressionism and the New Objectivity while forging a deeply personal visual language. Born in Leipzig into a middle-class family, Beckmann's artistic journey spanned from academic classicism through the traumatic crucible of World War I to a mature s...