Beckmann Sketchbook 23
c. 1920-1941
Medium
sketchbook with 13 sketches in graphite, 2 pages of artist notations in pen and brown ink, and 65 blank pages.
Dimensions
book: 20.5 x 16.3 x 7 cm (8 1/16 x 6 7/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.37.1-13
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...