Beckmann Sketchbook 31
Max Beckmann
1923
Medium
sketchbook with 16 drawings in graphite on wove paper and 16 blank pages.
Dimensions
book: 21 x 16.3 cm, 0.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/16 in., 1/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.53.1-16
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...