Beckmann Sketchbook 8
1915
Medium
sketchbook with 5 sketches in graphite on cream paper. Sketchbook contains multicolored paper as well.
Dimensions
book: 18.1 x 11 cm, 0.5 cm (7 1/8 x 4 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
1984.64.45.1-5
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...