Beckmann Sketchbook 10
1915
Medium
sketchbook with 6 sketches; 4 in graphite and 2 in pen and black ink. Book additionally contains 12 blank pages.
Dimensions
page size: 14 x 23.3 cm (5 1/2 x 9 3/16 in.) book: 14 x 23.5 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.30.1-6
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...