Beckmann Sketchbook 18
Max Beckmann
1917-1920
Medium
sketchbook with 32 sketches in graphite on pink, cream, green, and blue laid paper
Dimensions
book: 20 x 14.4 x 5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.65.1-32
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...