Beckmann Sketchbook 22
1919-1933
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sketchbook with 27 sketches in graphite and/or pen and brown ink; 4 pages of artist notations and 13 blank pages.
Dimensions
page size: 21 x 16.9 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.55.1-27
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...