Frau in der Hocke (Kneeling Woman) [p. 30]
1876 to 1900
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
page size: 21 x 16.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.58.27
Art Historical Context
**Frau in der Hocke (Kneeling Woman)** is a delicate graphite drawing on paper by Max Beckmann created sometime between 1876 and1900. Measuring just 21 x 16.5 cm, this intimate sketch captures a woman in a crouched pose, rendered with the artist's precise line work on a modest page. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Department of Drawings (CG-W), it was generously gifted by Mrs. Maxmann, offering visitors a glimpse into the personal archives of one of the 20th century's most influential German artists. Though Beckmann (1884–1950) is celebrated for his bold Expressionist paintings and tr...
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...