Beckmann Sketchbook 16
1916-1918
Medium
sketchbook with 26 sketches in graphite and charcoal and 1 sheet of artist's notations on white, blue and green laid paper. Sketchbook has 37 blank pages.
Dimensions
page size: 19.7 x 13 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.34.1-26
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...