Beckmann Sketchbook 39
Max Beckmann
1924
Medium
sketchbook with 16 sketches in graphite on cream perforated paper
Dimensions
book: 12.5 x 19 x 5 cm (4 15/16 x 7 1/2 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
1984.64.40.1-16
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...