Beckmann Sketchbook 7
Max Beckmann
1914-c.1920
Medium
sketchbook with 39 sketches in graphite
Dimensions
page size: 16.2 x 10 x 4 cm (6 3/8 x 3 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.49.1-40
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...