Beckmann Sketchbook 41
1932-1937
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sketchbook with artist's notations and 1 sketch in graphite inserted on separate sheet
Dimensions
book: 11.4 x 18.5 cm, 0.5 cm (4 1/2 x 7 5/16 in., 3/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.44
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...