Beckmann Sketchbook 12
Max Beckmann
1915
Medium
sketchbook with 5 sketches in graphite
Dimensions
page size: 14 x 20.4 cm (5 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.) book: 14.6 x 21.3 x 1 cm (5 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.32.1-5
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...