Beckmann Sketchbook 42
1933-1949
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sketchbook with 16 sketches in graphite and charcoal on colored paper. Sketchbook also contains 42 blank pages and 2 pages of notations.
Dimensions
page size: 15 x 22 x 0.8 cm (5 7/8 x 8 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.28.1-16
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...