Beckmann Sketchbook 52
1945-1949
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sketchbook with 34 sketches in graphite, pen and ink and pink colored pencil
Dimensions
book: 21 x 16.5 x 3 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.58.1-34
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...