Beckmann Sketchbook 2
1910-1947
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sketchbook of 56 pages containing 6 blank pages, 16 pages of artist notations and 34 sketches, 19 in graphite, 2 in pen and black ink, 8 in graphite with pen and black ink; 5 in graphite, pen and black ink with red chalk.
Dimensions
page size: 21.3 x 14.2 cm (8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.31.1-34
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...